An extension to the building designed by HOK was completed in 1998, providing new facilities for check processing and cash handling.

The company has developed cost-effective methods for check processing.

Regional branches of the Federal Reserve handle check processing for banks that hold accounts with them, and they charge a fee for their services.

Meantime, a Dallas computer company is overseeing the check processing, but the actual work is still being done by Nationar employees.

Social Security would not have literally gone bankrupt, but there would have been a slight disruption in check processing until the needed revenue dribbled in.

In the United States, meanwhile, manual check processing and human bank tellers were still the norm.

For entry-level jobs and operations positions like check processing, Ms. Waldman said, volunteer work would be given the same weight as a paying job.

As of 2011, ERMA remains the industry standard in automated check processing.

Consumer and commercial lending post origination transaction processing services, such as check processing, clearance and settlement services, remittance, and records management.

But he said it was up to the banks to revise their fee schedules to reflect more fully the cost of check processing.