First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...

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Issuing a paper check costs about 50 cents, according to the Treasury Department. The cost drops down to less than 15 cents per electronic transfer. Tax law experts note that those who could struggle ...

You get a check! And you get a check! Free checks of up to $400 began being sent out to millions of New Yorkers on Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Some 8.2 million eligible households across the ...

The Social Security Administration will continue to send some paper checks to beneficiaries of the retirement program, reversing its recently announced plan to move all social security payments to ...

An inside job. The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General confirms that many of the incidents of mail check theft are being committed by postal employees. It has happened twice to Decatur pediatrician ...

Netspend and The Miami HEAT Charitable Fund offer $50,000 in scholarship funds to high school seniors attending Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe or Palm Beach schools. This is the 29 th year that the Miami ...

Paper checks were already dying a slow death. President Donald Trump on March 25 signed an executive order mandating that all federal departments and agencies end their use of paper checks and switch ...

Netspend, a major issuer of prepaid debit and payroll cards, will pay more than $1 million to settle an accusation by New York’s attorney general that the company froze customers’ bank accounts and ...

If you have a check to cash but don't have a bank account, you have options, including visiting a Walmart or going to the bank that issued your check. However, you should expect to face fees when ...