Checks aren’t as common today as they once were, but they’re still in use. If someone gives you one, you should know how to endorse it so you can: Done correctly, endorsements make using checks easy.

It may seem as though check-writing is becoming a lost art, but it remains a popular way to send money. A recent study from Abrigo, which makes fraud-prevention software, found that 61% of Americans ...

It’s possible you might need to cancel a check in the future. Maybe you wrote the check for the wrong amount, or perhaps the check was lost or stolen. There might not even be enough money in your ...

If you write a check and later regret handing it off to the recipient — say, because you suspect you’re the victim of a scam, you entered the wrong amount or you mailed it to an incorrect address — ...