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Question 1

In 2012, about how many checks were paid in the United States?

Accepted Answer

18.3 billion. Even years into the digital-payments era, Americans were still writing billions of checks a year.

Question 2

In October 2023, what was the average dollar value of a check written by an American?

Accepted Answer

$504. The checks people still write tend to be for bigger, less routine payments.

Question 3

In 2016, about how many inter-bank cheques were processed in the UK?

Accepted Answer

432 million. The UK has also seen cheque use fall steadily as card payments and bank transfers took over.

Question 4

By 2022, how many cheques were used to make payments in the UK, down sharply from prior decades?

Accepted Answer

150 million. UK cheque use kept falling even as cheques remained available for certain payments.

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