Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of DELUXE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Lee Schram and Terry D. Peterson their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, to sign the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and any and all amendments to such report, and to file the same and any such amendment, with any exhibits, and any other documents required in connection with such filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	Date
/s/ Lee Schram	2/15/2012
Lee Schram, Director and
Principal Executive Officer
/s/ Terry D. Peterson	2/15/2012
Terry D. Peterson, Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Ronald C. Baldwin	2/15/2012
Ronald C. Baldwin, Director
/s/ Charles A. Haggerty	2/15/2012
Charles A. Haggerty, Director
/s/ Don J. McGrath	2/15/2012
Don J. McGrath, Director
/s/ Cheryl Mayberry McKissack	2/15/2012
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack, Director
/s/ Neil J. Metviner	2/15/2012
Neil J. Metviner, Director
/s/ Stephen P. Nachtsheim	2/15/2012
Stephen P. Nachtsheim, Director
/s/ Mary Ann O’Dwyer	2/15/2012
Mary Ann O’Dwyer, Director
/s/ Martyn R. Redgrave	2/15/2012
Martyn R. Redgrave, Director