While online banking and electronic payments are becoming more mainstream, many Americans still write paper checks, and there's been a resurgence of fraud. If you think you’re immune because you pay ...

When it comes to paying employees by paper check versus paycard, paycards can lower costs both for organizations and employees who lack bank accounts (i.e., who are "unbanked"). It also may allow ...

In an increasingly digital world, there’s something reassuring about getting a paper tax refund check. It feels tangible and final in a way that digital balances sometimes do not. For people without ...

The IRS announced Tuesday that it will start phasing out paper checks for tax refunds in one week under a March executive order to move the federal government away from physical payments. The federal ...

The U.S. government will stop sending paper checks for Social Security benefits as of Tuesday, Sept. 30, in a move it says will save money and crack down on crime. After 85 years of on-time monthly ...

In an era of instant digital transactions, healthcare's continued reliance on paper checks isn't just outdated — it's financially reckless. While consumers tap phones to pay for coffee and businesses ...

Check washing scams are on the rise—but changing payment methods could cause confusion.

The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it is formally exploring significant changes to its check-processing services, including the possibility of ending them entirely. In a press release ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...