The year by which the use of cheques is to be phased out in the UK could be announced later.

The board of the UK Payments Council, which oversees payments strategy, is meeting to discuss whether the cheque clearing system could end by 2018.

Cheques, first written 350 years ago, are widely regarded by experts as being in terminal decline.
It's here! Digital money age. Quite scary actually.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8414341.stm