From: nospam.Nicholas.Boel@f10.n154.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   Hello Al,   
      
   On Sun Jan 15 2023 14:04:20, you wrote to Accession:   
      
    >>> Cheques are not a bad thing, they just aren't used much any more.   
      
    >> If you pay a bill via your bank's website, you are not emailing   
    >> funds. Your bank is more than likely still sending a check (whether   
    >> plain or digital) to the recipient of the payment. Banks have just   
    >> eliminated the need for customer to write out the checks themselves.   
      
    Al> The info travels by email. Banks still record everything as always,   
    Al> but no cheques are involved.   
      
   Maybe not where you bank. If I click the "view payment" button of something   
   I've already paid on my bank's website, it shows me the exact check that was   
   sent to the billing party. *shrug*   
      
   When you setup a "bill pay" account of a billing party, if they're not   
   recognized by the bank or in their list of institutions, they will be mailed a   
   check by the due date. If the party is recognized by the bank, it will be   
   digitally/electronically transferred as you say. I guess that list would   
   probably vary at each bank.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."   
      
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