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.

The bottom line of every bank check is preprinted with a sequence of numbers and symbols below the memo space and signature line. These numbers and symbols aren't random. Rather, they contain ...

The bottom line of every bank or credit union check is preprinted with a sequence of numbers and symbols below the memo space and signature line. These numbers and symbols contain important ...

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

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 ...

A routing number is a nine-digit code used to identify a financial institution in the United States. Banks use routing numbers to direct the exchange of funds to and from one another. You can ...

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Taylor Tepper covered banking, investing and pretty much everything else in personal finance for more than a decade, with his work appearing in the New York Times, Fortune and MONEY magazine, as well ...

No bank account? No problem. Here are six ways you can cash that check -- and how to choose the right one. Katie covered all things how-to at CNET, with a focus on Social Security and notable events.