While it’s easy to simply swipe your debit card at the cash register or to pay your bills online, the paper check has not yet met its demise. There are still times when writing a check is the most ...

Imagine you’re in a pinch and need quick access to cash. Your mind races through various options — one of which may sound like a latently illegal financial hack: writing a check to yourself. But can ...

Writing a check to give as a wedding gift seems so simple. You don't have to spend time scouting the registry, you just jot down the information, seal it in a card and dash off to the party. But if ...

Typewriters vanished, and then cassette tapes and encyclopedias did, too. But paper checks are one piece of our analog past that persists. American consumers and businesses wrote 11.2 billion checks ...

Nowadays many people use credit cards to pay bills and buy items at the store. But some small businesses do not take credit cards due to the fees associated. Therefore, people use checks as an easy ...

As members of Gen Z graduate college and prepare to enter the workforce, many members of this demographic lack basic money management skills. Only 26% have ever written a check, while 22% have ...