Sentence:  Banks have decided to end cheque guarantee card payments from July 2011. / The 24 members of the current <WSD>cheque card</WSD> system said that they had made the move in order to reflect consumer trends, with the popularity of the payment method in "terminal decline". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A small plastic card issued by a bank or similar which is a guarantee of payment of cheques written by the cardholder (up to a specified maximum amount).