Bank could stop offering free checking accounts, a trend that may have already begun, says Goldberg.
Blank check offerings, a throwback to the "blind pools" of the 1980s, are proliferating.
Check offerings at a local college or community center.
Nearly every day year-round, there is a farmers' market to check out, offering not only plenty to taste and buy, but sights, sounds and people-watching.
Employing bleeding-edge technologies in the service of old-fashioned entertainment, it insists on the emotional truth of its absurd story, its tongue in cheek (and in check), while offering self-aware asides, like the ritual bow to Charlton Heston, the lockjaw hero of the original 1968 "Planet of the Apes".
Plan Check is offering $2 doughnuts at all three restaurant locations.
In a blank-check offering, a company with no operations sells stock to fund future acquisitions.
David Wyss, chief economist at Standard and Poor's, said many retailers are still hoping to grab a share of consumers' tax rebate checks by offering tempting promotions.
By eschewing credit checks, and offering expedited payment services that are relatively affordable and cover a huge range of service providers, BillFloat makes it pretty easy to avoid penalties when cash is tight.
Or check out websites offering alternative accommodations, such as Airbnb or Cyber Rentals.
Last year, the postal service's Office of the Inspector General recommended that the agency consider offering check cashing, money transfers and modest loans to customers who don't have their own banks.
