In the age of smartphones, balancing a checkbook can sound like an archaic activity — something people did back in the old days of landlines and video rentals. But despite popular belief, keeping a ...

These days many of us write few, if any, checks. So, the term “balancing a checkbook” has taken on a new meaning. Simply put, balancing your checkbook involves making sure your records for your ...

When we think about personal finance, we often consider budgeting or investing, but we don’t necessarily think about balancing a checkbook. Perhaps that is because paper checks are less common than ...

Many people have trouble keeping their checkbooks balanced. Now that debit cards have made it easy to have money electronically transferred out of your bank account without even having to write a ...

I’m spring cleaning my office and desk when I come across my mother’s checkbook in one of my drawers. Mom’s been gone over a decade. The account is long closed and I’m in purging mode, so I ...

The state`s checkbook balance, which plummeted to a record low earlier this week, has rebounded to a more comfortable–but still uneasy–level, according to Comptroller Roland Burris. At the same time, ...

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Balancing your checkbook is important to ensure the account balance in your records is the same as the balance shown by your bank. The concept of balancing your checkbook might be a foreign one in ...

When we think about personal finance, we often consider budgeting or investing, but we don’t necessarily think about balancing a checkbook. Perhaps that is because paper checks are less common than ...

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