Check into History

I did some checking into the history of a checking account. I thought the

It seems that the Ancient Romans started the process in about 352BC of using checking accounts. Let's be real the idea did not hold water for long. In Holland, they caught on in about 1500.

Checks finally caught on in America in the later 1800s.

I have to confess that I was rather amazed at the results of this little bit of research.


Have a historical day.