Checks are contracts and should be handled like any other legal document. There are reasons why we do not put business checks into personal accounts and why we do not give less cash on business accounts. Learn the safe way to handle checks and be sure that you and your financial institution can be protected from loss on the negotiable instruments.What You'll Learn:

• Simple check rules that will save your institution thousands
  
• Connections between checks and account agreements
  
• Postdated, stale dated, erasures, alterations and other check issues
  
• Understanding the negligence rule and the bank statement rule
  
• Endorsements
  
• Treasury checks, postal money orders and other special checks