Submitted by The-Hyrax t3_zy4enl in personalfinance
Title is a bit misleading - my mom got a check. She once rented a car in New York and paid the deposit in cash as the employee working there did not accept her credit card as it didn't have her full name on it (only first letter of her first and second name).
Anyway, now she got a check in the mail but since we live in The Netherlands there's no way to cash it (we stopped using checkes like... 20 years ago?) How do we proceed? Already contacted Hertz but they said they can only issue a check.
Edit: thanks for all the answers! First of all, no, our banks just don't do checks - moreover, I'm 30 and have NEVER had a check in my entire life here. I vaguely remember my mom having a checkbook when I was young but that's it. Anyway - I cannot cash it, even though some answers think I should be able to - I can't. I do have friends in the U.S. and can ask them. Let me try. If that doesn't work I'll try a German bank as they still seem to accept it according to some comments. Opening a US bank account requires me to have a US taxpayer number so that's a no go.