Check22 is designed to fundamentally alter the merchant/consumer relationship as it exists today, by moving purchase and other financial transactions from a “pull” model, wherein a consumer gives a merchant detailed information allowing the merchant to draw money from a consumer’s accounts, to a “push” model, where the consumer provides no such information to the merchant, but instead actively sends their payments directly to the merchant in the form of a Check22 on demand substitute check.

What is Check22

In 2003, the U.S. Congress enacted a federal law called "Check 21" that allows the recipient of a paper check to create a digital version of the original check. This digital electronic format is called a "substitute check". Check22 is the next step. We've changed the process from a "Debit" (grab) transaction to a "Push" transaction where the payer decides when and how much they wish to pay.

You Can Send a Check22 Payment

You can send your own Check22 payments in just moments - drawn against your own checking account - to anyone you want, whenever you want. Just click on the signup tab below or go to www.GenieChecking.com activate your GenieChecking account and create your own Check22. Provide a few details about your checking account, and we will prepare your Check22 as an electronic "substitute check". Email it, or print and mail it - however you want. When your payee deposits your Check22, it will be charged to your regular checking account at the bank you provided, just like any other check you write!

Check22 can be:

• Emailed directly to any recipient, who can then deposit it into their bank account
• Deposited electronically using most PC or Smartphone banking apps
• Printed on most printers (color printers are best) and deposited as a traditional check
• Printed and mailed as a payment

The Check22 Information Line - Just call 888-221-1842, anytime - 24x7x365

Check22 Merchant Services include the following five imporatnt features:

1. Authorization - Check22 payments are not issued unless they are either originated or authorized by the payer, if a payment is requested by the merchant, each payment must be authorized by the payer, either via email or text message response. The authorization process is fully automated and is available 24x7x365 to all Check22 merchants. Payment authorizations are completely within the control of the payer.
2. Incorrect or Multiple Postings - The problem of incorrect or multiple posting of payments is solved by the real-time communication system that is included in the Check22 payment processing. The amounts and the number of Check22 payments are completely controlled by the Payer as each transaction is individually authorized by the payer. Check22 payments not authorized by the payer are automatically voided before issuance.
3. Posting Against Insufficient Funds - IBV (Internet Balance Verification), fully integrated with Check22 payment processing, enables merchants to verify, that the payer has sufficient funds in their checking account, to cover the subject Check22. IBV eliminates processing Check22 payments that are NSF (none-sufficient funds). IBV covers 99% of all U.S. banks in minutes, and Check22 payments without sufficient funds are automatically voided before they are issued.
4. ESign - To avoid disputes and to confirm the authorization of any Check22, used to make a payment, Genie Gateway has fully integrated Check22 with ESign. The ESign Act is a U.S. federal law passed in the year 2000, and it grants legal recognition to electronic signatures and records if all parties to a contract choose to use electronic documents and to sign them electronically. By clicking on the Check22 Authorized button, Payer automatically agrees to electronically add their signature to a legally binding contract authorizing a remotely created check (Check22) with their electronic "signature on file" made payable to the Payee.
5. Genie MID with a built in customer service line - Genie Gateway invented the Genie MID which is both a traditional merchant ID number for transaction processing and also a U.S. domestic telephone number able to receive inbound calls anytime. Both domestic and international Check22 merchants can use their Genie MID as a 24 hour customer service line, to answer any questions relating to the goods and services they sell using Check22 payments. Genie MIDs will answer unlimited customer service calls, save the message as a WAV file, then email the file free of charge to a designated email address of any Check22 merchant worldwide.