The Social Security Administration (SSA) is embarking on one of the most significant changes in its history. By September 30, 2025, the era of paper checks will end, making way for a completely ...

Local retailers are beginning to feel the impact of a national penny shortage and are asking customers to consider paying ...

Social Security Administration has officially ended the practice of mailing paper checks, transitioning to electronic ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Kathleen Romig from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about the end of physical Social Security checks.

Don't have cash on you? Then you won't be able to enter the Jackson Zoo. The lack of an electronic payment system has "handicapped" the zoo's revenue making ability, said Abram Muhammad, the director ...

Alongside this transition to predominantly digital payment systems, there has been a correlating increase in the threat of ...

President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) The federal government will shift ...

After 85 years of sending out paper checks to retirees, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is transitioning to electronic payments in what it says is an effort to modernize its services and ...

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 ...