While paper checks are not as popular as a payment method as they used to be, it's still important to know what's on the front and back of a check you're writing or cashing. Here's our illustrated ...

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The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...

A woman works in a bank's check disbursal center in the 1960s, when paper transactions reigned and Venmo wasn't even imagined. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock) Analysis by Andrew Van Dam In a ...