IRS tax refunds and Social Security paper checks are typically delivered online now. Will that impact your money?

Paper checks, at least the ones issued by the federal government, will soon become a thing of the past. As part of a March 25 executive order, titled "Modernizing payments to and from America's bank ...

You'll need to set up direct deposit to get your Social Security payments by September. Here are the details. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, ...

Rumors spread that Social Security paper checks were ending. Here's what actually changed, why the confusion started, and ...

Big brands are ditching paper checks as a payment option, but business owners are being urged to consider all the consequences before writing them off. Target Corp. stopped accepting personal checks ...

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Issuing a paper check costs about 50 cents, according to the Treasury Department. The cost drops down to less than 15 cents per electronic transfer. Tax law experts note that those who could struggle ...

(CNN) — First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop ...

President Donald Trump on March 25 signed an executive order mandating that all federal departments and agencies end their use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments by Sept. 30. The U.S.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has implemented numerous changes to its operations since the Donald Trump administration began back in January 2025. But later this year, the SSA will ...

Do you get your federal benefits or tax refunds in the form of a check from the federal government? If so, that's coming to end on Sept. 30. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an ...

The IRS will begin phasing out the use of paper checks for refunds to individual taxpayers at the end of September and will publish detailed guidance for 2025 tax returns before the 2026 filing season ...