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Why do we still use paper checks?

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 5, 2024
Their use is waning, but not everyone is sold on digital payments.
If you're still using checks, beware of fraud.
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Checks are the economic dinosaurs Americans won't give up

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Aug 7, 2017
In the U.S., people wrote about 38 checks on average in 2015, compared to 18 in Canada, 8 in the U.K., and almost none in Germany.
A woman writes a check. 
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Paper or plastic?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 8, 2010
This final note today: Some solace the next time you get stuck behind somebody paying by check in the grocery store. Yes, Mom, I'm talking to you....
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