On 2008-06-18 14:36:13 +0100, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 13:56:22 on
Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Frank Erskine remarked:
US retail banking is like something out of the Dark Ages.

Up to a point. Where they lead places like the UK is by giving you
scanned copies of all your cheques with your monthly statement.

What a waste of paper.

Assuming people still use cheques...

In the US cheques are used very commonly for paying bills (which are
monthly rather than the typical quarterly in the UK) and for things in
local shops. Hence the attraction of being able to check what each one
was.

Archaic....