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Money orders can be a convenient way to pay for something with secure, guaranteed funds. They’re popular as a way to pay bills like rent or to send money to friends and family. You can get a ...

Many consumers send money orders from the United States Post Office, and a local post office will cash USPS money orders. If you receive a USPS money order, you can cash it for free. The longer ...

Red China, hard up for dollars, got some very simply—by postal money order. Pickup. In April 1950, Honolulu post-office officials began to notice that money orders made out by Filipinos in ...