The Social Security Administration had planned to eliminate all paper checks by Sept. 30. Now the agency says it will ...

In a significant policy reversal, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it will not eliminate paper checks ...

Many Americans are ditching their checkbooks these days, with only 61 percent reportedly having written one in 2024. Now, the ...

The Social Security Administration is transitioning away from paper checks this year, only allowing electronic payments for ...

The Social Security Administration will stop sending paper checks to beneficiaries at the end of September. If you still ...

The transition primarily affects a small group of beneficiaries who have not switched to electronic payment methods already, ...

Over half a million people still get their Social Security benefits via paper checks. They’ll need a waiver by the end of ...

The Social Security Administration said it will no longer issue paper checks for benefit payments starting Sept. 30, 2025.

For decades, millions of Americans have relied on paper checks to receive their Social Security benefits. But that tradition ...

Starting September 30, the U.S. government will cease issuing paper checks for Social Security payments, transitioning to electronic methods. This change, mandated by an executive order from ...

Find out what the change is, how your payments might be affected and how you can plan now to be ready for the change.

By Jessica Hall . Paper Social Security checks will be eliminated on Sept. 30 . Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to receive ...