Davis & Henderson / D+H / Finastra Cheques Alternative — Higher Security. More Cheques. Lower Price.

Yes. Davis & Henderson was founded in 1875 in Toronto. It rebranded to D+H in 2007. In June 2017 it was acquired by U.S. private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for $4.8 billion and merged with UK software company Misys; the combined company was renamed Finastra. The cheque-printing operation continues under Finastra out of Markham, Ontario. All three names refer to the same underlying cheque printer — just in different eras.

Both are D+H/Finastra online reorder portals. ChequeSelect (chequeselect.com) is the portal banks route business and personal customers to when you choose “Order Cheques” inside online banking — you’ll see your bank’s name on the sign-in screen. ChequeCentral (dh-pda.dhltd.com/chequecentral) is a separate D+H-branded self-serve reorder portal specifically for personal cheques, where you log in using branch / institution / account numbers from an existing cheque.

Yes. Every Canadian bank and credit union processes cheques based on Payments Canada CPA Standard 006 — the MICR-encoded line at the bottom. Our cheques are printed to CPA #1010 specification, the same accreditation D+H/Finastra holds. We print for customers at every major Canadian bank: RBC Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, National Bank, ATB Financial, Canadian Western Bank, Laurentian, Manulife, Desjardins, and every Canadian credit union.

Most business customers see guaranteed savings on every reorder across three stacked dimensions: a lower base price than D+H retail, 25% more laser + 50% more manual cheques free, and higher security (hologram gold foil and heat-sensitive ink included — D+H doesn’t offer them at all). On a standard 200-cheque laser order, this typically works out to one or two free reorders per year plus upgraded anti-fraud features. We honour a price-match guarantee against any verified written quote from D+H, ChequeSelect, or ChequeCentral.

Every Print & Cheques Now laser and manual business cheque includes hologram gold foil and heat-sensitive ink as standard — two anti-counterfeit features that D+H, Finastra, ChequeSelect, and ChequeCentral do not offer on their business or personal cheque products. We also include MICR E-13B, micro-printing, void pantograph, and chemical-reactive paper, printed to Payments Canada CPA #1010 specification. Net result: higher-security cheques at a lower price than D+H.

Two reasons. First, when you reorder through your bank, ChequeSelect, or ChequeCentral, you’re paying retail pricing through a middleman channel — the bank/portal takes a cut. Second, D+H/Finastra is owned by U.S. private equity (Vista Equity Partners, since 2017) and prices to hit margin targets, not to compete on security or quantity. Direct-from-printer Canadian alternatives like Print & Cheques Now skip the middleman, upgrade the security, and still charge less because we don’t have portal fees to pay.

Yes. When you order, you specify the starting cheque number and we continue from there. Your bookkeeping, accounting software, and bank reconciliation stay uninterrupted. Most customers switch seamlessly between their last D+H cheque and their first PCN cheque without issue.

No. There’s nothing to cancel — D+H, ChequeSelect, and ChequeCentral are order portals, not subscriptions. You simply stop placing reorders there and start ordering from us. Your bank account is completely unaffected.

No. Print & Cheques Now is a fully independent, Canadian family-owned cheque printer with no affiliation, partnership, or endorsement relationship with Davis & Henderson, D+H, Finastra, ChequeSelect, or ChequeCentral. We are an alternative printer providing compatible CPA-accredited cheques.

Same-day printing is available on orders placed by 2 PM EST, Monday through Friday. Standard production is one business day. Shipping is typically 1–3 business days by tracked Canada-wide courier. Compare that to D+H/Finastra’s typical 5–10 business day turnaround.

Yes. Our personal cheques are printed to the same Payments Canada #1010 standard and are accepted by every Canadian bank and credit union. You don’t need a ChequeCentral login, a branch phone call, or a 3-year order history with D+H — you order directly with your MICR line details and we ship free Canada-wide.

Yes. If there’s an error on our part in the printing, layout, MICR line, or proofing process, we reprint at no cost. We also issue a digital proof for your approval before any cheque is printed, so you catch any issues before they leave our facility.

Absolutely. Many of our business customers order cheques for multiple accounts, subsidiaries, or brands — across different banks — on a single order. Call 1-866-760-2661 and we’ll walk you through it, or order each account online separately.