The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says a financial institution is not required to wait for the date on the check. Write the full, proper name of the person or company receiving the check on ...

Instead, write the intended recipient’s name. Also, avoid sharing too much of your personal information on a check. Don’t include your driver’s license number, Social Security number or ...

If you write a check to newlyweds using both their names ... so often structurally it’s easier to make it out to one person," says Senning. Ferrer at Chase has one more suggestion for this ...

Discover why checks bounce. We'll explain the consequences for the check issuer and recipient and provide effective strategies for preventing bounced checks.

Writing out paper checks raises the chances of being the target of fraud and theft. The WSJ personal-finance team’s Oyin Adedoyin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss ways to reduce those risks.

(KOLN) - A Lincoln man was arrested on Thursday after he was accused of writing bad checks, and posing as his ... they hired a person believed to be Lassiter’s business partner.