1. Localizations for the United Kingdom and Ireland Implementation Guide
  2. Working with the APACS Check Format

Working with the APACS Check Format

APACS is the governing body for check printing standards in the United Kingdom. Businesses in the United Kingdom are required to issue checks according to the most current APACS standards.

You can use JD Edwards EnterpriseOne localized software to print checks that are formatted to APACS standards. As required by APACS, when you use the localized Print Automatic Payments - Cheque - UK program (R04572U1), you can use processing options to specify:

  • Whether the payee name prints above or below the amount in words.

  • Whether to print or omit the payee's address on the check, such as for use in a window envelope.

  • Whether to print the amount (in words) in boxes or as one string.

  • The translation program that you want the system to use to print the amount in words.

In addition, the checks that you print comply with these APACS standards:

  • The payee name field is completed by a string of asterisks.

  • The amount printed in figures is prefixed and suffixed by asterisks.

  • A hyphen prints in place of the decimal character.

  • Thousands separators are omitted from the amount that is printed in figures.