Harland Clarke Corp.

What Harland Clarke Corp. does

Harland Clarke Corp., founded in 1923 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a privately held check printing and financial document services company operating as a subsidiary of Vericast. The company produces and personalizes physical checks for two primary end markets: individual consumers purchasing personal checks, and small business owners purchasing business checks, with supplemental revenue from check accessories such as registers, endorsement stamps, and the CheckFolio storage solution. The OrderMyChecks.com self-serve web portal is the company's primary transactional channel, supplemented by dedicated toll-free phone lines for personal checks, business checks, and Puerto Rico customers, plus a separate support line for financial institution branch employees.

The core technology is a check printing and personalization platform requiring routing and account number input for order processing. Revenue is generated through one-time transactional purchases of physical check products, with pricing handled on a quote basis and not publicly disclosed. Distribution relies on direct-to-consumer channels (web portal and phone) with financial institutions acting as referral partners that direct their account holders to Harland Clarke as a recommended check vendor. A complimentary fraud-prevention resource section provides educational content to consumers and small businesses on mail fraud and check security. In 2025, the company restructured its digital presence by moving all bank and credit union solutions to its parent Vericast, leaving Harland Clarke focused on the consumer and small business check ordering business.

The company is part of the Vericast corporate family, which has historically pursued M&A activity at the corporate level (notably Valassis in 2013 and RetailMeNot in 2017). Harland Clarke operates with 5,001-10,000 employees and maintains no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, no public APIs, and no mobile applications, reflecting a mature, fulfillment-driven business model rather than a technology-led one. Customer concentration is distributed across a long tail of consumer and small business buyers, with the principal structural risk being the secular decline of physical check usage.

Name

Harland Clarke Corp.

Legal name

Harland Clarke Corp.

Website

https://harlandclarke.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Harland Clarke Corp., founded in 1923 in San Antonio, is a Vericast subsidiary that prints and personalizes physical checks for individual consumers and small businesses. It serves these customers through OrderMyChecks.com, dedicated phone ordering lines, and financial institution referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Check Printing Services: Transaction-based check printing and personalization for consumers and small businesses. Orders are placed individually with one-time purchase pricing.
2. Check Accessories: Sale of complementary check-related products including boxes and organizational supplies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Harland Clarke Corp. prints and personalizes personal and business checks for individual consumers and small businesses, with orders placed through the OrderMyChecks.com online platform and dedicated phone lines. The company supplements its core check products with complementary accessories (such as check registers, endorsement stamps, storage boxes, and the CheckFolio™ compact checkbook) and provides fraud-prevention guidance to customers and financial institutions.

Product overview

Harland Clarke, part of the Vericast family, operates as a check printing and financial document services company offering both personal and business check printing products. The core offering consists of Personal Checks and Business Checks as the primary product lines, supplemented by the CheckFolio™ check storage accessory and Check Accessories. All products are ordered through the OrderMyChecks.com online platform. The company also provides fraud prevention guidance and security resources for consumers and financial institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Checks

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VericastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarland Clarke is a subsidiary of Vericast. The company operates as part of the Vericast family, providing check printing services to consumers and small businesses. Financial institution solutions for banks and credit unions are handled through the parent company Vericast.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bradford Exchange: Bradford Exchange offers personalized checks and complementary collectible/personalized products, overlapping with Harland Clarke's personal check business on design-driven, direct-to-consumer ordering.
• Carousel Checks: Carousel Checks is a smaller direct-to-consumer check printer offering personal and business checks online, competing with Harland Clarke on price, design selection, and reorder convenience.
• Deluxe Corporation: Deluxe is the largest direct competitor to Harland Clarke in check printing for consumers and small businesses, offering personal and business checks, accessories, and treasury-related supplies through comparable bank and direct-to-consumer channels.
• Checks Unlimited: Checks Unlimited is an online-first check printer competing with Harland Clarke's OrderMyChecks.com portal, selling personal and business checks directly to consumers with similar self-serve ordering flows.
• Checkworks: Checkworks is an online check retailer selling personal and business checks, address labels, and accessories through a similar e-commerce model to Harland Clarke's OrderMyChecks.com platform.

Broad incumbents

• Bottomline Technologies: Bottomline provides payment, fraud prevention, and financial document solutions to banks and businesses, overlapping with Harland Clarke's Positive Pay fraud tools and financial institution supply business at the broader portfolio level.
• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Cimpress, parent of Vistaprint, is a large-scale printing platform serving small businesses with checks, marketing materials, and custom print products — overlapping with Harland Clarke's small business check and accessory offerings.
• Costco Check Printing: Costco offers check printing through partner providers to its membership base, serving a similar small business and consumer segment as Harland Clarke via a retail/wholesale channel.
• Walmart Check Printing Services: Walmart offers third-party-branded check printing services in-store and online, providing a mass-market retail alternative to Harland Clarke's direct-to-consumer and bank-referred check ordering.

Others

• Marathon (formerly Harland Clarke Holdings / Vericast): Vericast, Harland Clarke's parent, offers financial institution marketing, payments, and data solutions that overlap with the broader Vericast family of services — relevant as the strategic umbrella shaping Harland Clarke's product direction.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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