What Is a Crossed Check?

While not common in the United States, a crossed check has parallel lines running across it or across its top left corner, indicating that it is only able to be deposited, not cashed. This can provide an additional level of security and can help prevent fraud.

Are crossed checks still widely used?

Crossed checks are still widely used in the banking industry, but only in certain countries. Crossed checks are not very common in the United States, which may explain why many Americans have not heard of them or are not familiar with them. Rather, they are usually part of personal banking in some European and Asian countries, as well as Mexico and Australia.

Can a crossed check be uncrossed?

Generally a crossed check can not be uncrossed by the payee. The whole purpose of crossing a check is to make sure that it must be deposited into a bank account. This lets the signer of the check be able to track where the funds have gone, in case there are any issues. However, in some cases the payor (the person making out the check) could write “crossing canceled” across the face of the check to undo the crossing.

Are crossed checks common in the United States?

Crossed checks are not common in the United States, though they are still widely used in other parts of the world. In fact, because crossed checks are so uncommon in the United States, you may have trouble depositing a crossed check in the U.S.

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