Editing Cheque (section)

==== Decline in Asia ====
In many Asian countries, cheques were never widely used and generally only used by the wealthy, with [[cash]] being used for the majority of payments except for India, where cheque usage was prevalent. Where cheques were used they have been declining rapidly.  By 2009 there was negligible consumer cheque usage in Japan, South Korea and [[Taiwan]]. This declining trend was accelerated by these developed markets advanced financial services infrastructure. Many of the developing countries in Asia have seen an increasing use of [[electronic payment]] systems, 'leap-frogging' the less efficient chequing system altogether.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 May 2010 |title='Green payment' movement set to impact the American payments landscape |url=http://blog.euromonitor.com/2010/05/green-payment-movement-set-to-impact-the-american-consumer-payments-landscape.html |access-date=24 July 2010 |publisher=euromonitor.com |archive-date=21 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821153442/http://blog.euromonitor.com/2010/05/green-payment-movement-set-to-impact-the-american-consumer-payments-landscape.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>