Writing a paper check to make a payment is safer than carrying around lots of cash. But if a check bounces, it can be expensive and awkward, especially if you know the payee. Here is a detailed look ...

If you bounce a check at a store, you should know by now to expect a bounced check fee not only from your bank but from the store, too. What you may not know is some stores may collect that penalty by ...

When your check bounces, it means the recipient’s bank didn’t accept your check because you didn’t have enough money in your account. The bank will return the bounced check to the payee — the person ...

Having a check bounce can be a lot worse than having a debit card declined. If you hand over a debit card at a store and don’t have enough money, you know right away if the purchase didn’t work and if ...

When you don’t have enough money in your account to cover a check you’ve written, the check is rejected and “bounces” back. Bouncing a check can be embarrassing and hurt your reputation with the ...

The Dallas Observer published a feature this week on folks who inadvertently bounce a check, which isn't illegal, and find themselves faced with threats of prosecution. From the Observer: Julie Orr ...

John Beyers has a message for anybody who might accidentally write a bad check to the state Department of Motor Vehicles: Let the bouncer beware. Beyers, 49, learned that the hard way recently when ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento man bought a used car, but when he learned he was on the hook for a bounced check tied to the prior owner, it was time to call Kurtis. He had registered his new car, ...

Large checks follow a slower, stricter clearing process, and most of the money isn't available right away. Here's what actually happens behind the scenes.

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Writing a paper check to make a ...