A stop payment is a request you make to your bank or credit union to cancel a check before it’s processed. This step can help protect your money and prevent unwanted transactions. You can request a ...

It’s possible you might need to cancel a check in the future. Maybe you wrote the check for the wrong amount, or perhaps the check was lost or stolen. There might not even be enough money in your ...

If you write a check and later regret handing it off to the recipient — say, because you suspect you’re the victim of a scam, you entered the wrong amount or you mailed it to an incorrect address — ...