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Weird. Checks, or Eurocheques, as they were called, went out of use in 2002 over here. The only reminder of their existence is old Germans calling their Girocard (German equivalent of a debit card) EC-Card, which is confusing because the Electronic Cash trademark or EC is owned by Mastercard for their local debit system, which, incidentally is on the way to being replaced.
Electronic payment being a fickle beast, in no way lessens the sheer idiocy of doing this.