e-Cheque

Product highlights

e-Cheque allows SMEs to issue cheques online anytime – even when overseas.

With e-Cheque you can avoid all the logistical hassles of delivering and depositing a paper cheque because it’s all done electronically. It’s fast, convenient and best of all it’s free to use.

Features and benefits

24 hour convenience – Issue, deliver and deposit e-Cheques anytime of the day
Save time and money – Reduce cost on postage/delivery of physical cheque
Increased security – Digitally encrypted to prevent editing
Peace of mind – Online status tracking of your issued and deposited e-Cheques
Extended deposit cut off times to 7 pm HKT
Supports HKD, RMB¹ and USD cheques
Access e-Cheque services anywhere in the world through the Internet
Better record keeping as all e-Cheques are electronic copies
Available on both Business Internet Banking and HSBCnet
No cheque books are required
Support multiple e-Cheque issuance² or deposits³ to facilitate daily operations

RMB e-Cheque issued by corporate account are for use in Hong Kong only and are not for use in the Mainland China.
Support issue up to 200 e-Cheques at a time.
Support upload one ZIP file containing multiple e-Cheques within 10MB (around 50-100 e-Cheques subject to each e-Cheque PDF file size) or upload a maximum of 8 e-Cheques in PDF format.

How does it work?

Please note: e-Cheque is simple to set up on Business Internet Banking. There are no application forms required, everything can be done online within a few clicks.

e-Cheque issuance is not available in HSBCnet.

* www.echeque.hkicl.com.hk

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Tariffs

e-Cheque is a free service offered to all our HSBC Commercial Banking customers.

No sign up fee
No issuance or deposit fees¹
No online stop cheque fees²

1 Fees apply for returned and rejected e-Cheques
2 Online stop cheque function is available until 22:00pm HKT each business day and payee has not yet presented the e-Cheque for settlement.

Click here to find out more about e-Cheque tariffs (PDF, 193KB).

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