Microsoft says it will stop accepting checks since it remembers that it is 2022.


As part of its efforts to update its accounting processes, Microsoft has informed customers

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The computing behemoth announced that it would stop accepting checks at the end of this month in an alert

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it sent to direct-bill partners using its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme in the US and Canada.

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Microsoft will discontinue offering check payments on new commerce invoices as of October 1, 2022.

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Only the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada are impacted by this change, according to the notice.

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Customers of Microsoft are currently dealing with price increases on several of its most well-known products.

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Additionally, it announced in April 2022 that non-profit organisations would pay more for the Microsoft 365 suite.

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