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Commonly Asked Questions When Writing A Cheque

Posted on May 5th, 2008 in Malaysia Personal Finance |

Meshio\'s Blank Maybank Cheque

Question (Q): Forty or Fourty?
Answer (A): Forty.

Q: Ten Cent or Ten Cents?
A: Ten Cents.

Q: Thirty or thirthy?
A: Thirty.

Q: Can I write sen instead of cent?
A: Yes.

Q: Is it cheque or check?
A: “Cheque” if you are following the Brits, “Check” if you are following the Yankees.

Q: Will my unsigned cheque be used?
A: Yes, if that person can forge your signature.

Q: How much does each leaflet of cheque cost me?
A: 15 sen each.

Q: Can I use Chinese characters when quoting the figures in my cheque?
A: Yes, in most banks, Chinese characters is valid and recognized.

Q: Is it a good practice to pre-signed unused cheques?
A: Never, unless you really have to.

Q: What’s a bounced cheque?
A: That’s when you issue a cheque without sufficient fund in your bank account. Avoid issuing bounce cheques to stay in the banker’s good books.

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  • Pin
    To get cash, write your name on the check. Cash check is accepted in the bank where you opened your account.

    Keep your figures close to each other and leaving no gap. Some people believe that empty space allows hacker to fill in more zero behind :)
  • A cheque (yes, i follow the Brits haha) has an expiry date... emmm is it 6 months from the date issued?
  • lobak
    Never write a cheque using someone else's pen, they could easily swap the ink to water-based erasable ink. This will allow them to erase the amount while keeping your signature, then change to whatever amount they desire.
  • Pin, I wonder if you can try writing the cheques with dashes in between the words like:

    One-hundred-seventy-five-and-sixty-nine-sen-only

    Carson, yup, that's quite important, never leave the cheque in the drawer too long...

    Lobak, I thought that only happens in the movie. I guess you can never be too careful!
  • agip
    Can we print the figure using printer?
  • By the way, do check out this cool online cheque tool:

    http://www.wangtool.com/helper_web.php
  • it show error when access wang tool:
    Not Found

    The requested URL /helper_web.php was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
  • Alan, try this link instead:
    http://www.wangtool.com/Helper-Page-Online+Cheq...

    I think Siak Hooi (the webmaster) must have changed the structure of his website.
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