About Clearing Checks Electronically

The American National Standards Institute standard facilitates the conversion of checks to electronic images so that they can be cleared electronically. Accounts Payable lets you print ANSI-compliant checks for the US and Canada.

The ANSI format has a slightly different layout from the other forms, as follows:

• The date is printed in one of the formats DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY, YYYYMMDD, depending on your system setup.
• The currency code and currency symbol (for example, $) is printed before the check amount, depending on the currency setup in Common Services.
• The text version of the amount prints "Dollars".

The following Accounts Payable check formats are ANSI-compliant:

• APCHK01A
• APCHK11A

Last published: 4/8/2016