Mail theft and check fraud now cost Americans over $20 billion a year. Learn how checks are stolen, washed, and cashed—and ...

The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a ...

The federal government is putting paper checks on notice. In an Executive Order (EO) signed on March 25, President Trump directed the Department of the Treasury to stop issuing — and accepting — paper ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stimulus check rumors of a $1,390 direct deposit relief payment or a new $1,400 check amount in August for low and middle income ...