Endorsing a check is best described as:

• A. Writing the amount on the back
• B. Dating the check
• C. stamping the bank seal
• D. Signing your name on the back

Answer: (D)

Endorsing a check means authorizing the transfer of the check’s value by signing your name on the back. That signature shows you approve paying or depositing the check and lets the bank or another person take possession of the funds. Writing the amount on the back isn’t an endorsement; it doesn’t authorize payment. Dating the check doesn’t relate to endorsement, and stamping the bank seal is simply a processing mark by the bank, not the act of endorsing. So signing your name on the back best describes endorsement.