WASHINGTON -- A new Federal law allowing for all-electronic check transaction processing promises to make having reliable and secure network services even more of a necessity going forward. On Oct. 28 ...

Too often solving one problem creates others. Take Check 21. By allowing check conversion to electronic form the sensible idea was to reduce costs and speed processing. The problem is that with ...

The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it is formally exploring significant changes to its check-processing services, including the possibility of ending them entirely. In a press release ...

This week, U.S. banks will reach the first mandated milestone on the way to what’s arguably the biggest change in the way they process checks since the introduction of magnetic ink character ...

IBM and Viewpointe Archive Services LLC said yesterday they will jointly build a national system for banks to store and access billions of digital images of checks and other data to aid in the ...

Electronic delivery is affecting almost every industry, and banking is no exception. In fact, many banks have already begun truncating checks by delivering photocopies of checks or by sending a list - ...

On March 16, food retailers will be able to start using a new mechanism for processing checks that promises greater efficiencies and cost savings than traditional methods. Called back-office ...