Keys to Sustainable Checks Strength

Deluxe ships approximately 150,000 check orders every day, helping people everywhere pay and get paid. The use of checks continues to be strong. In fact, a recent PYMNTS report revealed that 81% of businesses pay other firms via paper checks, making it the most common B2B payment method. After 107 years of enabling commerce, today Deluxe is a Fortune 1000 company and considered one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies. For an organization to enjoy this kind of longevity and sustained growth, it must be committed to developing solutions that evolve alongside its customers.

Our company’s history has been astounding, but even more important is our drive to keep evolving. When our customers have said, “we want more,” we have delivered. As our customers’ needs have changed, we’ve been driven to create what’s next. Today, we are thankful to be an integral part of everyday commerce, championing business so communities thrive. By keeping customers first and staying committed to a culture of innovation, we have the privilege of supporting thousands of financial institutions, powering millions of small businesses, and moving billions of dollars.

We believe the key to success is found in three crucial principles: collaboration, innovation, and looking forward. 

The Power of Collaboration
As Deluxe’s legacy business, our checks division has the privilege of continually bringing new products and services to thousands of financial institutions and small businesses, many of which have been Deluxe clients for decades. Although these clients originally came to Deluxe for checks, they have the benefit of receiving much more, such as help automating their cash flow, innovative payment technology to help pay and get paid, and promotional products that elevate and connect their brand to its consumer. 

By partnering with teams across our organization, these clients have the benefit of receiving a full suite of business services – payments, data and promotional solutions -- aimed at solving today’s most pressing and critical challenges. 

Innovative Solutions Helping Our Clients Grow
Our financial institution clients continue to look to Deluxe to help them grow. They are focused on servicing their customers and members well, growing revenue, optimizing their payment network, and driving account openings. Working with more than four million small business owners makes us uniquely positioned to help them achieve these priorities. 

Additionally, Deluxe is equipped to provide modern support for areas traditionally challenging for checks, such as fraud risk and high operating costs. Products like eChecks supported by the Deluxe Payment Exchange, help businesses automate their payment processes to provide faster payments and reduce risk. Learn more about these products.

Planning For the Future of Technology
As a Trusted Payments and Business Technology™ company, Deluxe is committed to accelerating competitive product differentiation and development across the organization by continually adding new, modern capabilities that help businesses pay, get paid, and grow.  

With meaningful investments in solutions like best-in-class print technology, we bring a holistic offering that helps our clients succeed. Additionally, with the addition of merchant services to the Deluxe suite through our acquisition of First American, we've enjoyed bringing both financial institution and small business clients much-needed support in their payment processing. 

Although some might doubt checks’ place in today’s digital world, Deluxe has the history to understand the value they play in our society and the foresight to know they will not go away quietly. A check alone can’t manage all the demands of today’s fast-paced, real-time payments expectations but with the right supporting solutions and a commitment to innovating for tomorrow’s challenges, they will continue to play an important role for years to come.