not long by all accounts-this from Royal B of Scotland Foreign cheques can be a convenient method of making international payments - however, your business will need a foreign currency account with a cheque book. As foreign cheques can incur local bank charges, your trading partner may have reservations about accepting this method of payment Key benefits Wide range of currencies - your business can maintain a currency current account, in a number of key currencies, upon which a cheque book can be issued. Euro payments - make payments in euros within the UK Improves cash flow - cheques could give you greater control over your cash flow Store cheques - a chequebook of currency cheques will enable you to pay trading partners as and when required Pay any amount - we don't place limits on the value of cheques you write, subject to sufficient funds being available to meet them Time savings - your account won't be debited until the cheque is returned to us Fast euro cheque payment - euro cheques to UK beneficiaries can be cleared through the intra-UK euro clearing system as quickly as sterling cheques