"Check" out these new improvements!

Routable's users pretty heavily lean toward bank transfer options like ACH and SWIFT, but that doesn't mean folks who need to send good old-fashioned checks in the mail don't need love, too! We've recently added a few goodies to make check Payables a bit more robust:

More data about the check being mailed

When you Retrieve a Payable of type=check, you'll find a few useful new fields returned in the type_details object:

• check_dated_on, which exposes the date printed on the mailed check
• expires_on, the date the mailed check expires if it is not deposited
• tracking_number, the tracking number that the mail carrier (US Postal Service or FedEx) assigned the parcel when it was mailed
• tracking_url contains a link to either the US Postal Service or FedEx tracking page for the shipment, which you can share with your vendors so they can have full transparency on the check's journey to them.

Check attachments

Another common request we've had is to allow an additional document, such as a receipt or an invoice, to be printed and placed in the envelope with the check in addition to the stub details printed on the bottom of the check page itself. You can now do this! When you add an attachment to a Payable via the Create a Payable or Update a Payable endpoints, you can now specify include_in_check_insert=true on it, and that document (limit one) will be printed and mailed along with your check.