With in-house check processing, Bluevine gives you more visibility and control over the written checks you’ve issued from your Bluevine Business Checking account and sub-accounts. From your Bluevine dashboard, you have the ability to

• View check images: View transaction details and images for all the checks issued from your account(s).
• Place individual stop payments: Prevent payments on a single check or range of checks.
• Configure account-level controls: Block all outgoing check payments at the account level to reduce fraud risk.

This article walks you through how to manage your written check settings using the Bluevine dashboard.

Configuring account-level controls for check payments

Check payments are enabled on your main account and each open sub-account by default, giving you the ability to issue checks to your payees directly from funds in the appropriate account. For more control and to prevent unauthorized payments, Bluevine gives you the option to block all outbound checks at the account level at any time.

You can quickly and easily configure how each account handles written check payments by changing its check fraud controls setting:

• Enabled: The account can send check payments normally.
• Blocked: All checks presented against the account will be automatically returned.

How to change check fraud control settings

1. Sign in to your Bluevine dashboard via desktop or mobile browser.¹
2. Navigate to Settings > Checking > Check fraud controls.
3. Under the Accounts tab, locate the account you’d like to update and click the vertical ellipsis (⋮) menu.
4. Select the applicable setting: Block check payments or Enable check payments.
5. Confirm your selection to apply the change.

Managing stop payments on checks

A stop payment allows you to prevent a specific written check or a range of checks from being paid. This is useful if a check was lost, stolen, or issued in error. Some important notes:

• You can place a stop payment at any time before Bluevine receives the check.
• You cannot place a stop payment on a check that has already posted.
• Stop payments are active immediately after being created and remain in place until you manually delete them.
• Stop payments are not retroactive. If a check has already been processed, it cannot be reversed.

How to place a stop payment on a single check

Follow these steps to place a stop payment on a single check:

1. Sign in to your Bluevine dashboard via desktop or mobile browser.¹
2. Navigate to Settings > Checking > Check fraud controls.
3. Under the Stop payments tab, click Create stop payment.
4. Select A single check.
5. Enter the details of the check you’d like to stop payment on:
   • Account (required): Select the account the check was issued from.
   • Check number (required): Enter the check number (up to 7 digits; leading zeros are ignored)
   • Amount (optional): Enter the amount the check was issued for.
6. Click Create stop payment. You’ll see a message confirming the stop payment is active. 

How to place a stop payment on a range of checks

Follow these steps to place a stop payment on all checks within a consecutive range:

1. Sign in to your Bluevine dashboard via desktop or mobile browser.¹
2. Navigate to Settings > Checking > Check fraud controls.
3. Under the Stop payments tab, click Create stop payment.
4. Select Multiple consecutive checks.
5. Enter the details for the range of checks you’d like to stop payment on:
   • Account (required): Select the account the checks were issued from.
   • Starting check number (required): Enter the check number for the first check in the range (up to 7 digits; leading zeros are ignored).
   • Ending check number (required): Enter the check number for the last check in the range (up to 7 digits; leading zeros are ignored).
6. Click Create stop payment. You’ll see a message confirming the stop payment is active.

How to remove a stop payment

Follow these steps to remove an active stop payment on a check or range of checks:

1. Sign in to your Bluevine dashboard via desktop or mobile browser.¹
2. Navigate to Settings > Checking > Check fraud controls.
3. Select the Stop payments tab. 
4. From the list, locate the stop payment you want to remove.
   • Double check the details (check number, account, amount, etc.) to ensure you’re selecting the correct entry.
5. Click the vertical ellipsis menu (⋮) and select Remove stop.
6. Click Yes, remove stop to confirm the action. You’ll see a message confirming the stop payment has been removed.

Note: Stop payments cannot be edited. To make changes, remove the existing stop and create a new one.

^{1 This feature is currently only available on the desktop or mobile browser version of the Bluevine Dashboard experience.}