 Starting next Monday, Target will no longer accept paper checks as a form of payment in its brick-and-mortar stores because so few customers are still paying with them. Target is taking a cue from grocery stores Aldi and Whole Foods. The big picture, the Federal Reserve says that only about 12 billion checks were written in 2021, down from 20 billion six years before that. Jim Ryan, ABC News. And, of course, we're seeing a lot of changes.