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Direct Deposit or Direct Express? How Federal Benefit Payments Are Changing Before 2025

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

500,000 Social Security Recipients Are in for Another Change in October, and It May Not Be a Bad Thing

This could affect some 500,000 Social Security recipients, or less than 1% of total recipients. If you typically receive ...
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What happens if I switch to direct deposit for my Social Security today before the deadline

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

Fifth Third to Manage Direct Express® Federal Benefits Program

CINCINNATI, September 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifth Third Bank, National Association, (Nasdaq: FITB) today announced it has been designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the ...

Direct Deposit or Direct Express? How to sign up as paper checks phase out

Federal benefit recipients face an approaching deadline: after September 30, 2025, paper checks will no longer be issued, ...
Yahoo Finance

How to Keep Your Direct Express Card -- and Social Security Payments -- Safe from Thieves

Avoid using an automatic login feature that saves your password. Change your password at least every 72 days. If you have a bank or credit union, make it a point to use online banking services so you ...
WTHR

Man discovered 138 unauthorized charges for $6.57 using his Social Security benefits. So why was his fraud claim denied?

PORTLAND, Ore. — $6.57, $6.57, $6.57... As Andrew Keheley read through 25 pages of transactions on his Direct Express card account, it became clear something was wrong. There were 138 unauthorized ...
American Banker

Comerica to settle Direct Express fraud class-action lawsuit for $1.2 million

Comerica Bank has agreed to a proposed $1.2 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging the bank denied refunds to prepaid cardholders who claimed their government benefits were ...
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Oregon man discovered 138 unauthorized charges for $6.57 using his Social Security benefits. So, why was his fraud claim denied?

PORTLAND, Ore. — $6.57, $6.57, $6.57... As Andrew Keheley read through 25 pages of transactions on his Direct Express card account, it became clear something was wrong. There were 138 unauthorized ...