The Knights Templar invented bank cheques

Or so it's said - but is this actually true?

Hardly any of us use cheques anymore. Throughout my youth, this was a way of transferring money that was convenient and simple - but very analog! And the origin of the cheque has always been alleged to lie with the Knights Templar - those intrepid early bankers. But is this really true?

Maybe Templars didn't invent the bank cheque after all

I noticed a ne…