Between direct deposit, online banking transfers, PayPal, and all manner of other mobile money movers, writing an old fashioned paper check seems to be dated to the point of redundancy.
Sure, mobile bank apps from Chase and Bank of America have made it super easy to deposit checks using your smartphone's camera. But the same bank have made it just as easy to transfer funds securely (more securely than through the mail!) over the Internet.
Why bother?
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