You're in a pinch and need cash quick. Can you write a check to yourself? Can you even do that? Read on for what you'll need to know to do things correctly: ...

Learning how to write a check can prevent costly mistakes. Start from the top to ensure all fields are completed accurately.

Writing the amount in words is now strictly required. This line should spell out the exact amount written in the figures box.

Some banks will only deposit checks written out to a business into a business' bank account. Check with your specific banking institution to determine if it will cash a check written to your business.

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Banking How to Write a Fraud-Proof Check Fraudsters have found clever ways to alter the names and amounts on checks you've written. Use these simple steps to prevent them from taking your money.

Protecting a personal checking account from tampered check fraud can be as easy as changing the way the check is written.

Plus, there are still people who write out checks to landlords, contractors, charities and government agencies. Many people still give checks at weddings, births and other special occasions.

Chase Bank is accepting responsibility for a mistake that caused a check written for $400 to deduct $4,000 from a Sacramento viewer's Wells Fargo account.

As the name implies, check kiting was more commonplace when writing checks—those mysterious and ancient, signed official notes that instruct financial institutions to move a specific amount of ...

Check forgery occurs when someone forges their own name on a check written out to someone else. Garden-variety check fraud, this one. Altered checks, similarly, are a wider category of check fraud ...