Nicole Fallon-Peek is a freelance journalist who has covered small business, careers and finance for 15 years. She is a small business owner and former managing editor of Business News Daily. Her work ...

The Social Security Administration will stop sending paper checks to beneficiaries at the end of September. If you still receive your Social Security payments by mail, it's time to make a switch — and ...

A thief stole 401(k) checks out of the mail. But why was Paychex, a major industry player, using paper at all given how often check fraud happens? By Ron Lieber This is the first dispatch in “How Did ...