Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is moving one step closer to getting out of the business of handing out paper checks, effective Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March ...

On Sept. 30, the federal government will switch from paper checks to electronic payments. Some Social Security and other federal payment recipients may need to change their payment records. Here's ...

First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...

What do increased fraud, high 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 order ...

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 ...