As the central bank for the United States, Congress has given the Fed an important role in the nation’s payment system.1 Processing and clearing checks has long been a key part of the operating side ...

As many Americans who do not file taxes and are on federal programs such as Social Security have not received a stimulus check, the IRS said Tuesday checks will be disbursed to them this week. The IRS ...

IBM and Viewpointe Archive Services LLC said yesterday they will jointly build a national system for banks to store and access billions of digital images of checks and other data to aid in the ...

It’s random fun fact time around the office. Today’s random nugget that we just learned, courtesy of an article on the slow death of paper checks: The Fed says it has shut down all but one of its 45 ...

Social Security checks are going paperless starting Tuesday, Sept. 30. Here's why it's happening and how to go from paper to ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...