While it’s so 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 times when writing a check is the easiest way ...

In a world where you can pay someone with the click of a button, writing checks may seem outdated. Yet there are times when writing a check is the easiest way — or the only way — to pay for goods or ...

These days, people often send their money electronically. With mobile banking options, everything from budgeting and bank statements to credit cards and direct deposits can be handled by account ...

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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. J.R. Whalen: Here's Your Money Briefing for Thursday, May 25th. I'm J.R. Whalen ...