In a world of direct deposits and money transfer apps that make sending and receiving cash easy and instant, paper checks ...

When you have a check and a bank account, cashing a personal check is super simple. You can either go in person and deposit or cash it out. And if your bank has a solid mobile app, you can even ...

Target will no longer accept personal checks from shoppers as of July 15, another sign of how a once ubiquitous payment method is going the way of outmoded objects like floppy disks and the Rolodex.

One of the first checks ever recorded was written in the 11th century, in a marketplace in Basra, in present-day Iraq. There, a merchant issued a sakk: written instructions to his bank to make a ...

TULSA COUNTY — Fewer retailers, grocery stores, and even mom-and-pop businesses accept personal checks. Many landlords and mortgage companies now prefer or require electronic payment instead of by ...