With the rise of peer-to-peer payment systems such as PayPal, Venmo, Zelle and several others, there’s rarely a need to write a check these days. Even so, checks aren’t completely extinct yet. Maybe ...

The government is planning to phase out paper checks for most consumers receiving Social Security benefits and other federal ...

Paper checks were already dying a slow death. President Donald Trump on March 25 signed an executive order mandating that all federal departments and agencies end their use of paper checks and switch ...

A cashier’s check or a money order can come in handy if you’re paying bills or making a large deposit on a purchase, such as closing on a mortgage. Because personal checks are not accepted at all ...

The paper check, once a mainstay of federal payments, is nearing its end. Starting Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of the ...

Paper checks are considerably costlier than electronic fund transfers (EFTs). Whereas a paper check costs the U.S. government ...