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How to prepare for the US' new electronic social security payments and federal benefits

The federal government is phasing out paper checks for Social Security benefits and other federal payments beginning this ...
Investopedia

Electronic Check (E-Check): Definition and How It Works

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...

Social Security paper checks end Sept. 30: How to prepare for the change

As the deadline to end the use of paper checks for Social Security payments looms, Long Island seniors and others who receive ...
The Florida Times-Union

Social Security to stop all paper checks. Here's what to know before deadline

The Social Security Administration said it will no longer issue paper checks for benefit payments starting Sept. 30, 2025. Recipients have until Sept. 30 to enroll in either direct deposit or use the ...

Online bill pay sends an electronic check, right? Why a paper check is sometimes mailed out.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Back in the day, you would write a check to pay a bill. Now you can use online bill pay. You don't have to ...

Think your online bill pay is electronic? Not always — Here’s the hidden risk

Online bill pay isn’t always electronic. One woman learned the hard way her mortgage check never made it — and it could ...