Paper checks remain a popular payment method in the U.S., despite skyrocketing fraud rates and safer digital alternatives like Zelle, PayPal, and Bitcoin. As criminals exploit vulnerabilities like mailbox theft and check washing, it's time to embrace 21st-century payment methods. And Ric discusses the latest in Alzheimer's drug treatments and lower cost blood test with Mark Roithmayr. He's the CEO of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, a trailblazer in Alzheimer's research and funding.

#CheckFraud #DigitalPayments #StopWritingChecks #BankingSecurity #Bitcoin #Zelle #Venmo #FinancialTips #FraudPrevention #ModernFinance#Al zheimersBreakthrough #ADDF #CognitiveHealth #Biogen #Lilly #DementiaCare #BloodTestInnovation #AffordableDiagnostics #NeuroScience #NewEraInMedicine

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