Checks go high-tech at AAFES

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MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --  The check "float" at the BX is going the way of rotary phones and dot matrix printers as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service at Mountain Home AFB converted to a paper check conversion (PCC) system 21 April 2010.

"PCC scans and instantly converts paper checks into electronic debits to the check writer's account," said Chief Financial Officer Harold Lavender. "This technology has been operational in contingency locations for roughly ten years now and commercial industry for about five; it's an extremely efficient system."

Rollout of the PCC program began in AAFES CONUS locations on March 7 and will be totally implemented in all facilities by June 6.