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 ...

Although check use has declined in the last couple of decades, check fraud has risen sharply, creating a problem for banks — and customers trying to pay their bills. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New ...

Rumors spread that Social Security paper checks were ending. Here's what actually changed, why the confusion started, and ...

Paper checks are rapidly losing their place at the center of American finance, pushed aside by faster, cheaper and more secure digital options. The shift is no longer theoretical or generational, it ...

A recent executive order directs the federal government to stop issuing paper checks in favor of direct deposit, prepaid cards, or other digital payment options. The sentiment isn’t new: IRS and other ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at switching the federal government off paper checks. The executive order could help prod the rest of the U.S. payment system to follow the ...

Q: Last year, I lost my entire 401(k) — $114,000 — after Paychex mailed me physical rollover checks instead of doing a secure transfer. The checks were intercepted and fraudulently cashed. I’m now in ...

For decades, millions of Americans have relied on the monthly arrival of a Social Security check in their mailbox. But that era is coming to an end. Beginning September 30, 2025, the Social Security ...

The time it takes to receive a federal income tax refund could drag out six weeks and more next year for many people who are bound and determined to receive a paper check in the mail. Beginning next ...