Sentence examples for bouncing a cheque from inspiring English sources

Under Dubai's strict legal code defaulting on debt or bouncing a cheque is punishable with jail.

Bouncing a cheque – for which some banks charge £38 – is thought to cost as little as £2.

In November the federal government asked north Texas officials to stop detaining people over traffic violations and certain misdemeanours, such as bouncing a cheque.

But unlike a bank, where there is a small fee for bouncing a cheque, the climate has much more significant consequences," Levin said.

They say that if a hard-working American finds himself in a bind, taking an occasional payday loan may be better than bouncing a cheque or having the power cut off.

This is modelled on the three strikes policy of the United States, which doesn't prevent crime and has seen absurd tragedies such as the jailing of someone for 25 years to life for bouncing a cheque, or a homeless person for stealing toilet paper from a building site.

Banks have been charging consumers up to £39 every time they bounce a cheque or refuse a standing order or direct debit because of a lack of funds, although critics of the system say the actual cost incurred by the institutions could be as little as £2.

If you bounce a cheque, they chuck you in jail.

Searching ships and bouncing a few cheques is not about to get Iran to change its behaviour, let alone to open its nuclear programme to inspection.

HSBC is to abolish what it said was its "most complained about" banking fee – the £25 charge it makes for bouncing a direct debit or cheque.

Estimates suggest they have been making £4.7bn a year from fees of as much as £39 for a bounced cheque and £28 a day for an unauthorised overdraft, even though the administration costs are just a couple of pounds.