Business Cheques and Giros
RW Pierce Security Print Solutions supplies business cheques and giros to all the main banks in the UK and Ireland.
As well as being certified to APACS 55 Standard, RW Pierce Security Print Solutions is also certified under ISO27001, the Information Security Management System Standard.
In a secure, state-of-the-art Belfast facility it prints and produces:
- Standard Special Cheques (books) - printed using customised text and fonts
- Special Cheques (books) - printed using customised text, fonts and images such as logos
- System Cheques - designed for use with manual ledgers
- Continuous Cheques - for use on a continuous-feed office printer
- Laser Cheques - designed to be fed through an office laser printer
- Giros
Click here for a guide to Business Cheques and to see which of these is best suited to a clients specific requirements.
The latest version of the RW Pierce "Cheque Manual" is available free of charge to banks, click here.
All of these cheques incorporate the latest security features designed to protect against cheque fraud such as:
CBS 1 Watermarked Paper

Translucent design visible when the paper is held to the light.
Specific paper approved for cheque printing by APACS.
Tonerfuse coating

Fuses print toner into paper surface maker toner removal difficult.
Strong deterrent to forgery/alteration as attempted alteration is easily recognised.
UV Invisible Ink
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Only visible under long wave ultraviolet light (465nm).
Invisible to the eyes it is also virtually impossible to re-instate.
Water-fugitive ink

Ink bleeds when attacked by water-based agents.
Fluoresces when attacked.
Solvent Sensitive Ink

Ink bleeds when attacked by solvent-based agents.
Microtext

Microtext can be print applied or holographic.
Hidden Text at approx. 0.3mm font size.
To know more about business cheques and APACS, please click here