Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...

For rent-stabilized apartments specifically, state regulations prohibit owners from demanding more than the legally regulated ...

After 85 years of sending out paper checks to retirees, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is transitioning to electronic payments in what it says is an effort to modernize its services and ...

While it costs about 50 cents to issue a paper check, an electronic funds transfer costs less than 15 cents, according to the agency. Most beneficiaries already receive their payments electronically, ...

President Donald Trump’s Republican administration says electronic payments and collections will speed up processing and cut costs.