The banking industry's effort to fight check fraud is likely to benefit from President Donald Trump's order to the Treasury Department to stop issuing paper checks for federal disbursements and to ...

President Donald Trump has targeted paper checks in a new executive order. Effective Sept. 30, 2025, the order directs the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, to stop issuing paper checks ...

Only a small group of people get their Social Security payments by paper check, but that's set to end. What you should know ...

Only a small group of people get their Social Security payments by paper check, but that's set to end. What you should know ...

Trump has signed an executive order to stop government agencies from sending and accepting paper checks. How will taxpayers ...

"Historically, Treasury checks are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than an electronic funds transfer," the order stated. "Maintaining the ...

Davenport police have arrested two men who allegedly conspired to deposit a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check, complete with ultraviolet ink and watermark, of more than $54,000 into an account at ...

President Donald Trump has called on the federal government to abandon paper checks—and it could push the rest of the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury now has approximately six months to phase out paper checks for various purposes, including tax refunds and Social Security payments. According to the White House, the Trump ...

"Historically, Department of the Treasury checks are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than an electronic funds transfer. "Maintaining the ...

Trump has made eradicating government inefficiency a major goal in the first 100 days of his presidency, but the push to ditch paper checks predates this administration: A Treasury Department ...