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Banks may need to offer people over the age of 65 more than just digital experiences, according to an executive at J.D. Power, which surveyed more than 11,000 retail banking customers.

The request for information was issued as part of an executive order aimed at eliminating paper checks as a form of federal payment in most cases, which the administration says aims to curb fraud, modernize disbursements.

Paper check use is dropping, but it's still high enough to be a fraud concern for banks. The Trump administration's move to mandate digital could force banks to dump paper once and for all.

More than 1.4 million small businesses bank with U.S. Bank, according to the company, and it's now offering help with managing expenses and accepting payments.

A rising number of check fraud cases involving counterfeit checks is compounding the already-serious problem of fraud in one of the oldest payment methods widely available.

Challenger banks like Chime and Dave have been helping customers avoid overdraft fees for years. As traditional banks start to do the same, the fintechs say they still offer consumers a better deal.

The Arkansas bank built the mobile-first Coin Checking to suit Generation Z and young millennials. A phone-friendly app and simplified sign-up process are among its selling points.

The joint checking account is similar to its individual checking feature, launched last April, and will target millennial couples in particular.

The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, a nonprofit that seeks to improve financial stability of low- and moderate-income households, validated the account under its Bank On initiative.

Goldman Sachs will work with the digital-payments upstart Marqeta on offering checking accounts for Main Street consumers.

PayPal’s Venmo has launched a new “Cash a Check” feature on its mobile app to some customers. The offering is made in partnership with Ingo Money and its parent, First Century Bank.

Citigroup looked to the success of Asian super-apps like Ant Financial and Paytm while developing its new checking-account offering with Google.

Banks have made great strides in applying digital technology to the world of checks, but companies that receive checks still have to physically receive them in order to digitize them, says Santander's Greg Murray.

While most payment firms consider checking a time-consuming expensive relic for business transactions, one San Francisco-based fintech is going the opposite direction by adding checks to its digital platform.

Kate Fitzgerald, Senior Editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Barry McCarthy, President and CEO of Deluxe, about the role legacy providers have in the world of modern fintech.

While we can’t know what the post COVID-19 landscape will look like, we do know that business expenses will ramp back up, and with them, higher expectations for digital payments from both suppliers and vendors, says Wex's Jay Dearborn.

Europe's largest lender could start charging for basic banking services "in some markets" because low interest rates meant they were losing money, Chief Financial Officer Ewen Stevenson said on a call with reporters Tuesday after the bank reported third-quarter earnings.

For the 44.6 million households who rent, coming into the crisis almost 27% were already paying half or more of their monthly income on housing. That meant they had litte ability to save for an emergency, let alone a pandemic that would cause record job losses.

The industry can gain lifelong members in this demographic by validating their financial concerns as the economy struggles and offering guidance without judgment.