Discover the meaning of a rain check, its origins, examples, and your rights as a consumer. Learn how rain checks work in retail and protect against unavailability.

An exception item refers to banking transactions that can't be processed, often due to issues like insufficient funds or incomplete checks. Learn how automation simplifies resolving them.

While it’s so easy to simply swipe your debit card at the cash register or to pay your bills online, the paper check has not yet met its demise. There are times when writing a check is the easiest way ...

While it’s easy to simply swipe your debit card at the cash register or to pay your bills online, the paper check has not yet met its demise. There are still times when writing a check is the most ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – There are multiple steps you can ...

Should you keep a separate checking account for writing checks? Is there a specific pen you should use? We answer some reader questions. By Tara Siegel Bernard Typewriters vanished, and then cassette ...

Businesses write checks to vendors and suppliers, independent contractors, landlords and utility companies. Occasionally, one or more of those checks may go uncashed for a long time. Although banks do ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — The “Get My Payment” tool on the ...

If you still write checks to pay various bills – actual physical checks, not withdrawals made from a check card – there's a new and growing form of check-cashing fraud you need to watch out for.