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If you're one of the many people planning to start using more paper checks to avoid incurring a monthly debit-card fee, think again. While many merchants continue to accept paper checks, some are moving in the opposite direction, among them national grocery store chain Whole Foods.

The Federal Trade Commission began mailing refund checks yesterday to 957,928 LifeLock, Inc. customers, who the FTC says were victims of false claims made by the company, which promised consumers absolute protection from identity theft. As Consumer Ally previously reported, LifeLock in March...

Smile! Chase updated its iPhone app this week to let users deposit checks with the built-in camera. This functionality is similar to what USAA rolled out last year. The new version of the Chase Mobile app is still a free download. To deposit checks with an iPhone, customers will need to enroll...

There's been a lot of talk lately about the possibility of the U.S. Postal Service eliminating Saturday mail delivery service, and a lot of discussion about what this will mean for Netflix and its subscribers. After all, the U.S. Postal Service is a big part of Netflix's business model, delivering...

When a $25,000 check turned up in the mail at a Charleston, S.C., Salvation Army office last month, the staff did what seemed rational: deposited it and spent the money on toys and food for about 100 families.

Call it a sign of the times: A handful of grocery stores have changed their policies and no longer let customers pay with paper checks. Check cards, credit cards and plain old cash are still fine, but paper checks have gone the way of the Dodo at several West Coast supermarkets. As this article in...

Even with the popularity of direct deposit, many of us still find ourselves needing to trudge down to the local bank branch to deposit a paper check every now and then, but for members of one bank that may be a thing of the past. The New York Times reports that USAA, a bank which primarily serves...

After customers of the bank formerly known as IndyMac waited in blistering heat to get their life savings out of the bank many are finding out that the piece of paper they just got may not help them out so much after all. The LA Times reports that WaMu is placing an 8 week hold on checks issued...

According to Bankrate, "Legislation has virtually eliminated the grace period for bill payers." That means most check writers, especially the ones whose bill-paying schedules depend on payday schedules, are going to need to buy some "check floating" time to avoid bouncing checks and earning late...

The economy isn't the only thing getting a (alleged) boost from the government's economic stimulus checks, being sent out to taxpayers beginning this past week. The political windfall is also stimulating a lot of creative fraud as well.According to story on MarketWatch, scammers are calling and...