Rebecca Lake is a certified educator in personal finance (CEPF) and a banking expert. She's been writing about personal finance since 2014, and her work has appeared in numerous publications online.

With the advent of Venmo and Cash App, paper checks might seem so last century, but that doesn’t mean you no longer need to know how to read a check. Some online transactions require an understanding ...

Your account number is located at the bottom of a check — it’s the second set of numbers, between the nine-digit routing ...

A paper check has three essential numbers to pay attention to. You can find these three sets of numbers at the bottom of the check in the following order. A routing number is a unique nine-digit ...

You may see routing and account numbers on checks written on your account and wonder what they mean. They are the two sets of numbers that banks rely on to ensure the money moves between the correct ...