Despite being considered a cheque centric country, US use of electronic bill payment now exceeds cheques, for paying bills.

The January 2007 survey of 2018 respondents, which was conducted by Harris Interactive and the Marketing Workshop, shows that online payments made up 39% of the total volume of bill payments among Internet-connected households, an increase of four per cent since December 2005.

In contrast, the number of cheques sent through the post to pay bills fell four per cent to 34% of the overall volume.

Source: Finextra: E-bill payments surpass cheques among Web-connected households