I'm thinking of moving entirely to online bill pay. Have I thought this through? Will I regret having no way to write a paper check? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 52 answers

Getting paid by US checks is pricey and time-consuming when I have to cash them over here (Sweden) - solutions? Opening a us checking account? Can I? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 14 answers

If I write a check today and it's cashed immediately, but the money to cover it won't be in my account until tomorrow, what happens? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - 27 answers

I have a curbside mailbox and mail theft is common in Utah (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600129714,00.html). Big Credit Card Company (BCCC) sends me convenience checks that can be stolen and cashed by anybody. The post office won’t let me move my mailbox to my house. Local politicians sided with the Postmaster. A rental box or a new security mailbox are impractical. [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm subletting an apartment for the summer (June-August). Is it sketchy to be asked to give the original lessee three checks—two pre-dated for July 1st and August 1st respectively—at the signing? It seems slightly odd, but not necessarily sketchy. [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 31 answers

Does the country in which a cheque is cashed have any basis on which currency is used? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 7 answers

i deposited my roommate's rent check into my account via atm at a branch of my bank, but not my branch, although it's one in the same city. why did they mail the check and my deposit slip back to me? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 10 answers

Random question about some 1980s bank checks, probably called the Windjammer series. [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 1 answers

I need to know websites/companies that do legit background/information checks. I am willing to pay a fee as long as it is not unreasonable. [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Why is the presidential administration working so persistently to bequeath extra powers to their likely Democrat successors? [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - 31 answers

I am going to hire a landscaper to do some major renovations to my backyard. Since I don’t have all the cash on hand right now, I was planning on paying with a 0% interest credit card (and I would easily be able to pay it off in less than a year). The problem is that the landscaper (who we like much more than the others) does not accept credit cards. [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 21 answers

Is it legal and/or kosher for me to have my bank's name on my checks, but not its contact info or address? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 8 answers

Why is the United States ACH (automated clearing house) system so slow and inefficient? Funds can never be assured until several days pass, and that creates a ripe atmosphere for check bouncing. When I do a Paypal transfer to my bank or move money from bank to bank it always takes 2-3 days. Why is the banking system stuck in the 1950s? Is there any talk of overhauling the ACH system?
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - 12 answers

My landlord won't take my money. How long can a landlord sit on rent checks? [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2006 - 38 answers

IRSAuditFilter: If one were to, sayy, cash personal checks at the checkwriter's bank, would the IRS know?
posted on Jan 17, 2006 - 17 answers

In the U.S., personal checks and paper currency are the same size. So I've been wondering- is there an international standard size for personal checks? Or, do checks issued in one particular country match up with that country's currency? (And what about places like China, where the bills are all different sizes?) Thanks in advance for helping me sleep at night.
posted on May 22, 2005 - 11 answers

Anyone know where I can get Star Wars personal checks? All my Google-Fu can turn up is http://www.anthonygrandio.com/agindex.html, and while those are nice, they're not what I'm looking for. And they're even more than the insanely expensive checks my bank offers.
posted on May 20, 2005 - 6 answers

I have sifted through everything and can't find any way to decide which cheesy design to pick. Anyone know any cool check design sites? There must be something out there. [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2005 - 17 answers

Printing checks without your address on them? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2005 - 14 answers

How is it that a bank is allowed to charge a fee to non-account-holders to cash checks drawn on that same bank? My layman's reading of the Uniform Commercial Code seems to indicate that checks are "unconditional obligations" and to me "unconditional" means "without requiring the payment of a fee."
posted on Jan 2, 2005 - 15 answers

Additional bounced check fees? I deposited a check that ended up bouncing. Before I figured this out, I wrote a check on the account that subsequently bounced. So, I get a $25.00 fee for the deposited check, another $25.00 fee for the check I wrote, but now the institution I wrote the check to wants to tack on an additional $25.00 fee. Can they do this?
posted on Dec 22, 2004 - 23 answers

Cashing a French cheque in Canada, or possibly in France... [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2004 - 1 answers