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 ...

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 ...

One reason this fraud is rampant: Open forums where anyone can buy checks that thieves have taken from the mail. Credit...Shira Inbar Supported by By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber wrote his last check, ever, ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

The first wave of direct deposit Social Security payments for the month of October is set to be sent to recipients this week, with this month marking the first under the agency’s new paperless policy.

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Cashier’s checks and money orders are common ways to pay for ...