Dubai Islamic Bank's cheque is 162 x 73 mm — small, and unusually short in height. It is also one of the few Gulf cheques in ChequeMaster where the bearer field is switched on. Most UAE, Qatari, Kuwaiti and Saudi layouts leave it off; DIB, National Bank of Oman and Ithmaar Bank are the exceptions.
Dimensions and fields
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Size | 162 x 73 mm |
| Date | Single continuous field |
| Amount in words | Two lines |
| Payee | One line |
| A/C payee crossing | Vertical block, enabled |
| Bearer field | Enabled |
| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY |
Bearer and crossing together
Both the bearer line and the A/C payee crossing are available on this layout, and they pull in opposite directions — a bearer cheque is payable to whoever presents it, while a crossing forces the money into a named account. You would not normally want both showing on the same cheque.
ChequeMaster lets you control each per cheque at print time, and you can set the default for a whole book. If your business issues crossed cheques as a rule, set A/C Payee Text on the cheque book and leave Bearer Text empty, so nobody has to remember on each cheque. See what a crossed cheque is if the distinction matters for how you pay suppliers.
Printing a short cheque
73 mm of height is not much. Keep the amount-in-words font modest so two lines fit comfortably, and test on plain paper before a real leaf — vertical drift is more obvious here than on a 115 mm cheque.
Currency settings
Dirhams, two decimal places. Islamic banking affects the account, not the arithmetic on the cheque.
