Discover how direct deposit works, its benefits, and risks. Learn about electronic fund transfers that streamline payments ...

The SSA has ended paper Social Security checks, urging you to switch to direct deposit or Direct Express to keep benefits ...

Viral claims of IRS stimulus checks in October 2025 are false; no official announcements exist, and such posts may be scams.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Kathleen Romig from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about the end of physical Social Security checks.

The change, required by an executive order issued in March, is aimed at improving security, speeding up refunds and cutting costs, the IRS said. Paper checks are more than 16 times as likely to be ...

Social Security checks are going paperless starting Tuesday, Sept. 30. Here's why it's happening and how to go from paper to ...

According to a Tuesday IRS release, paper checks will be "phased out" starting Sept. 30 "to the extent permitted by law." ...

Federal benefit recipients will soon be required to choose between Direct Deposit and the Direct Express debit card as ...

Sending paper checks via mail is slow and costly. The Social Security Administration and the IRS are ceasing the longtime ...

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that an executive order by President Donald Trump will change how folks will be ...

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the month, Oct. 8. Subsequent payments will go out on the third (Oct. 15) ...

No new federal stimulus is coming in October, but Alaska’s PFD checks are. Here's what’s real and not as October approaches.