Re: Dupliicate check #s

On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 1:35:46 PM UTC-5, Kobac wrote:

> I zeroed in online on the last such payment that I made—back in November 
> 2021!—and when I looked, all I saw was that it was classified as a 
> debit, not a check. The only "number" listed was "CKFXXXXX" followed by 
> a four-digit number and then the letters "POS." Looking further back in 
> March and January of 2020, I saw the same character string; the four 
> digit number and the remainder of the string remained the same in each case.

Sorry, it's a little late to be responding to this; but I happened to be perusing this discussion 
and a possible explanation for your result occurred to me.

There is a process available where a check presented to a vendor, can be immediately "converted" to a debit, 
as if it had been a charge on your debit card.  Perhaps that's what happened to you.

I have heard the process referred to as "debitizing" the check. 

It's good for the vendor because they can immediately determine that the check is good, 
and they can receive the funds as soon as they would have had the payment been made 
with a debit card. 
No fuss collecting checks together, filling out deposit slips, submitting to the bank, 
and waiting for the process to complete.