The use of financial checks dates back to the 11th century, when a merchant in the city of Basra (present-day Iraq) sent written instructions to his bank, ordering the institution to make a payment ...

Many checking accounts come with a starting set of free checks, usually containing 100 to 150 checks, upon opening, but once those run out, you’ll need to buy more. Ordering checks from the bank can ...

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 federal government will soon stop distributing paper checks for federal payments after the Trump administration announced ...

Nicole Fallon-Peek is a freelance journalist who has covered small business, careers and finance for 15 years. She is a small business owner and former managing editor of Business News Daily. Her work ...

Although most consumers rely heavily on credit cards, debit cards and other digital payment methods, Americans still have to write checks occasionally. According to data from the Federal ...

The Tax and Trade Bureau will stop issuing paper checks for disbursements, including tax refunds, to comply with a Trump executive order. Other federal agencies, including IRS, are moving in that ...

Thanks to the convenience of online and mobile bill pay, fewer people use checks to pay bills. You may be surprised to learn that the average American still writes 30 checks per year, according to ...