I’ve been in the int’l transportation business nearly 30 years. Freight payments, etc., have always been made to the carriers via checks. A number of the carriers are moving to e-payments only. ONE Line goes to it 7/1. Maersk charges a $50 handling fee for checks now. Zim is at $100. All due to covid and a lot of people working from home, of course. Plus there’s the delays with USPS and the express couriers. Payments are via ACH or maybe PayCargo, which is a portal for paying many different transportation companies (carriers, warehouses, customs brokers/forwarders, etc). My company (freight forwarder) takes e-checks, too.
Holy crap. You would have thought people were asked to do something so complicated. The reactions are ridiculous. Some people actually want to still write checks and send them out overnight via UPS/FedEx. Last I checked, a basic overnight package is something like $20-$25 with some sort of a discount. I’m just laughing enjoying the reactions. Pretty damned funny. Come into the 21st Century, folks! It’s faster and cheaper to do stuff online.
You guys still have accounting departments or customers that want paper checks sent via the post office? Let’s hear your crazy stories.