Get REQUEST TO TERMINATE / AMEND / STOP PAYMENT

A stop payment is a request from an account holder to a financial institution, such as a bank or credit union, to not process a payment. The payment may be a paper check or an automatic debit payment, like those you set up for a recurring subscription or bill.

Generally, banks honor a stop payment request for a check drawn on your account. If you stop payment properly and the bank cashes the check, the bank may be liable for the cashed check. you fail to provide sufficient notice to implement the stop payment order.

Reasons to Stop Payment on a Check Incorrect information on a check. A check mailed to the wrong address. A lost or stolen check. Insufficient funds in a bank account. A dispute over a purchase or services rendered.

A stop payment is a request for a bank to stop a check or recurring debit payment that's waiting to be processed. Stop payment requests can only be made by the account holder who sent the original payment, and must be made before the check or payment has been processed.

Stopping a card payment You can tell the card issuer by phone, email or letter. Your card issuer has no right to insist that you ask the company taking the payment first. They have to stop the payments if you ask them to. If you ask to stop a payment, the card issuer should investigate each case on its own merit.

Reasons to Stop Payment on a Check Incorrect information on a check. A check mailed to the wrong address. A lost or stolen check. Insufficient funds in a bank account.

Online banking steps: Select the account the stop payment was previously placed on. Choose the Account services tab, then Stop payment. Select Stop payment history towards the lower half of the page. Choose the transaction that has the stop payment request, then select Yes, cancel request.