What do increased fraud, significant costs and operational inefficiencies all have in common? Paper checks, or, at least, those were the reasons cited when President Donald Trump issued an executive ...

If you're used to receiving your Social Security or other federal payments in the form of paper checks, you're in for a change soon. Starting in September, all federal disbursements, including Social ...

Paper checks, at least the ones issued by the federal government, will soon become a thing of the past. As part of a March 25 executive order, titled "Modernizing payments to and from America's bank ...

More than 6 million Americans receive paper tax refund checks annually. Often, those refunds go to purchase groceries or pay the bills. But this year, those taxpayers may be surprised to learn that ...

The federal government is moving one step closer to getting out of the business of handing out paper checks, effective Sept. 30. On March 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to put a ...

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating that all federal agencies switch to electronic payments. The Treasury Department announced last month that the federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans are ditching their checkbooks these days, with only 61 percent reportedly having written one in 2024. Now, the ...

The IRS will begin phasing out the use of paper checks for refunds to individual taxpayers at the end of September and will publish detailed guidance for 2025 tax returns before the 2026 filing season ...

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'll need to set up direct deposit to get your Social Security payments by September. Here are the details. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, ...

Do you get your federal benefits or tax refunds in the form of a check from the federal government? If so, that's coming to end on Sept. 30. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

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 ...