About CheckCraft

CheckCraft is a free reference site and online tool for US small businesses that still write paper checks. We make it easy to find the right check layout for any of the country's roughly 4,000 active FDIC-insured banks, fill out a check correctly, and print one that the Federal Reserve's automated check-clearing system will accept on the first try.

The site has three parts:

• The bank directory — a guide page for every active FDIC-insured US bank, with a printable check layout, the recommended MICR line position, and field-by-field writing instructions specific to that bank.
• The check writer — a server-rendered tool that lets you fill in the payee, amount, date, and memo and produces a print-ready check pre-formatted for the bank you select.
• The amount-to-words converter — a precise number-to-words tool that produces the formal "and 00/100" written line in the exact format US banks expect.

We are independent — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any bank. Bank names and logos referenced on this site belong to their respective trademark holders. Our bank data is sourced from the public FDIC BankFind Suite API and refreshed periodically.

Why we built this

Paper checks remain the most-used B2B payment method in the United States by dollar volume, but the tools to write and print them well are scattered across dozens of bank-specific FAQs, fragmented accounting-software help pages, and out-of-date PDF templates. CheckCraft consolidates all of that into one fast, ad-supported reference. We do not store any check data you enter — every page is server-rendered and stateless.

What we are not

CheckCraft is a reference and authoring tool. We do not:

• Issue or process payments on your behalf.
• Hold funds in escrow.
• Send checks through the mail or to recipients via ACH.
• Sell check stock or MICR toner.

For an actual issue-and-mail check service, we recommend speaking to your bank or a payments-as-a-service provider. CheckCraft only renders a check; you still print it yourself or hand-write it on your existing bank stock.