• MrQuallzin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Checks are generally ran at the register. Businesses don’t take them trusting that they’ll pay later

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      2 months ago

      Honestly that makes a good bit more sense to explain why it’s lasted this long. And, my guess is that the processing fees are lower than credit cards which is probably nice. But yeah, at some point you and your customers gotta agree to enter the 1990s era of payment technology.