Federal benefit recipients will soon be required to choose between Direct Deposit and the Direct Express debit card as traditional paper checks begin to phase out. A deadline set by the U.S.

The way Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are distributed has reached a pivotal moment. This October marks the official implementation of the agency's paperless policy, ...

Beginning Sept. 30, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will stop sending paper checks to recipients. For those who don't have a checking account and need time, the SSA says there will be ...