Everything You Need To Know About High Security Checks

High-Security Checks

70 percent of business organizations experienced some form of check fraud in 2018, showing just how widespread the problem is. Check fraud accounted for 35% of all payment fraud in 2016, accounting for an estimated $789 million in business losses.

Scammers manipulate checks in various ways in attempts to dupe honest businesses or their customers out of hard-earned money.

So yes, purchasing high-security checks is worth the few extra dollars they cost — check fraud losses are simply too high to believe otherwise.

TechChecks’ high-security checks employ a number of features aimed specifically at countering the effects of scammers. Key features include:

• Unique, genuine watermarks that are nearly impossible to duplicate
• Chemically reactive check stock paper that turns colors if the check has been chemically altered to remove certain information, which is a common tact of check fraudster
• Invisible and visible fibers that can be exposed in ultraviolet or other forms of light to show authenticity and prevent duplication 
• Coin Reactive logo printed with invisible ink that is only exposed by scratching with a key
• Holographic identifiers

The two options when ordering high-security checks from TechChecks are:

• SecuDocs® checks
• Holographic checks

Each has several of the most cutting-edge security features. The primary difference is that the SecuDocs check contains a coin reactive SecuDocs® logo to guarantee authenticity. The holographic checks have a square, holographic marker that serves the same purpose: to guarantee authenticity and discourage duplication.

These checks are only shipped from our secure processing facility in preprinted form, so there is no way for fraudulent scammers to obtain them as blanks for use on an unsuspecting victim.

TechChecks high-security checks use the popular Top of Page check format. These top of page checks are also compatible with many accounting software, such as:

• Quickbooks ®
• Quicken®
• Intuit®
• MYOB®
• Rent Manager®

SecuDocs® checks and TechChecks’ Holographic checks include two voucher stubs that are printed together with the check and contain details of the payment. One of the stubs are meant to be kept for your records, and the second one can be sent along with the payment for their records.

Check specifications are:

Check: 8.5” wide x 3.5” high

Stub 1 (Middle Stub): 8.5” wide x 3.5” high

Stub 2 (Bottom Stub): 8.5” wide x 4” high

These high-security checks are just as easy to fill out and use as standard computer business checks, but they provide a priceless benefit to the individuals writing and receiving the check: peace of mind.