The use of financial checks dates back to the 11th century, when a merchant in the city of Basra (present-day Iraq) sent written instructions to his bank, ordering the institution to make a payment ...

When I was a kid, I considered checks to be the apex of adulthood. On shopping trips, I’d watch in awe as my mom used her long, red nails to whip a checkbook out of her purse at the register and ...

Many checking accounts come with a starting set of free checks, usually containing 100 to 150 checks, upon opening, but once those run out, you’ll need to buy more. Ordering checks from the bank can ...

With the rise of peer-to-peer payment systems such as PayPal, Venmo, Zelle and several others, there’s rarely a need to write a check these days. Even so, checks aren’t completely extinct yet. Maybe ...