Your mind races through various options — one of which may sound like a latently illegal financial hack: writing a check to yourself. But can you write a check to yourself? It’s a simple ...

But I didn't think about how to write a check to give as a wedding gift until I became a bride myself. In fact, it never even occurred to me to think there might be a "right" and "wrong" way to ...

Writing out paper checks raises the chances of being the target of fraud and theft. The WSJ personal-finance team’s Oyin Adedoyin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss ways to reduce those risks.