Good information to have. I stopped accepting cheques a couple of years ago. E-mail transfer, cash or credit card now - The Square is a free device which you plug into your cellphone and use your Wifi - swipe their card, they sign, job done. There is a 2.75% charge per payment transaction - I pass that on to the parents if they want to pay by credit card.

Also RBC launched a similar devise to the Square a couple of months back. Same sort of deal - free gadget but charged a percentage per use - theirs takes credit or debit payment.