HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's Treasury Department has mailed the first batch of checks to people owed money from unclaimed properties. The new program is called "Pennsylvania Money Match." ...

The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment. Jennifer Tescher, chief executive of the Financial Health Network, said that doing away with paper checks was the right thing to ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The banking industry's effort to fight check fraud ... such as account numbers and signatures to produce convincing duplicates that pass mobile deposit screening." The federal government is not immune ...

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order calling on the federal government to phase out the use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments by September 30, with some ...

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 ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...