Selecting a security print provider doesn’t need to be a time-consuming task, with frameworks and standards in place to streamline this important decision.
Whether you’re a bank, building society or other financial institution, professional bodies already have set criteria in place to help you select a reliable organisation for your cheque printing requirements. The awarding of an industry certification indicates that a potential print partner has already been held to the very highest standards, with stipulations that have been created by experts, then agreed on by a committee.
Professional accreditation providers, such as C&CCC, Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited, ensure that security printers carry out business processes and functions in the most efficient, cost-effective and clear manner. This applies to not only the printing of cheques, but also security certificates, pre-printed paying in booklets, pin activation codes and much more.
Following the closure of several well-established secure print providers through the UK, the industry is seeing division in terms of printed output. Companies still operating as cheque printers have the important responsibility of reliably printing cheques, paying-in slips, paying-in books and more – items that are crucial within not just the finance industry, but other sectors too. Not everyone is ready to leave cheques behind in 2024 – and they are understandably still seen as a crucial way of proving payment and transferring funds, after all, ‘going cashless’ is hardly without flaw.
The security printing processes used by cheque printers are thorough and complex, combining leading security print capabilities with specialised paper or substrate materials. This provides durability and all-important tamper prevention, while there are plenty of variations that can be put in place, with security print solutions designed and customised to suit unique organisational requirements. From numbering, voids, image survivable features and unique control numbers to foils, holograms, embossing and micro print, accredited providers can certainly tailor products to meet your cheque printing needs.
Recently celebrating over 40 years of service within the security print industry, and with established relationships in place with nationally recognised financial institutions, CFH continue to make positive strides. Certified by the all-important C&CCC Standard 55 for cheque printers, the hybrid mail experts at CFH, are approved via several other industry-leading accreditations too, including IS0 27001, and Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus.
CFH offer various unique security print features to help minimise fraudulent and counterfeit activities, by providing finishes that are unique to each organisation. The provision of security inks (including magnetic ink character recognition, invisible inks, solvent and thermosensitive inks, UV inks and fugitive) mean that security print solutions are seamlessly secure. Relied upon by an impressive selection of the most reputable banks and building societies for over four decades, to date, over 100 million cheques and upwards of 20 million certificates have been produced within the impressive CFH facilities.
The importance of an accredited cheque printing provider cannot be understated, and with a proven track-record of success, CFH are the certified security print partners to choose.
