Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...

Growth rates in electronic check transactions at the point of sale are slowing down. While many opportunities remain, the rapidly changing market's future is anything but certain. For a brief shining ...

When John Moffatt got his American Express bill last month, he noticed an odd little message just under the amount due. The company had started processing consumer checks electronically, "and banks ...

Consumer groups are opposing the Federal Reserve's proposal to allow banks to process checks electronically and substitute a new type of check for traditional paper checks, saying it would expose ...

Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday it is accepting electronic checks for online purchases, becoming the latest retailer to widen Web payment options in an effort to boost sales. The retail giant said ...

How much money financial institutions are making on their ATMs depends very much on where the machines are deployed, but in any case machine margins for banks and independent sales organizations alike ...