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37. Thank you for the information. (Comments not directed at you SOTOP) And that charge would "only" occur

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:18 PM

Jul 2025

because Direct Express would have to hire somebody(s) 24/7 to manually slide the cash through the ATM slot? And do they have monetary limits as to that cash withdrawal?
No justification for the charges except to steal money from senior citizens.

ALWAYS A SCAM. Way to look out for Americans.

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Social Security to end paper checks after Sept. 30 [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 OP

Yeah, and for the unbanked who used the USPS intrepidity Jul 2025 #1

Direct deposit costs nothing synni Jul 2025 #11

"Unbanked" nt intrepidity Jul 2025 #19

So get banked Polybius Jul 2025 #30

Or get the debit card n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #31

.... intrepidity Jul 2025 #33

The only fee... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #35

... intrepidity Jul 2025 #32

That's exactly how I feel about seniors who refuse to abide by modern technology Polybius Jul 2025 #34

Wow....I thought those had ended 10-15 years ago Bengus81 Jul 2025 #2

They tried but there is the same issue BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #5

I haven't received a paper paycheck since the early 1990's. Dr. T Jul 2025 #22

fewer than 1%. and those people are getting the side eye stopdiggin Jul 2025 #3

The government could provide help to those who find it difficult to make the change. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #4

With a call wait time of only 2 days!!!11!!!!1!! BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #6

I've been on hold since 1994. They said not to hang up or I would wait even longer. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #7

They did contract out under the table BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #8

"One ringy dingy..." n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #13

It was a job. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #15

Yes because so many rural areas are without reliable internet and cellphone service FakeNoose Jul 2025 #9

Help me understand why not having a local bank is a problem? I have lived 2000 sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #10

There are people in a number of blighted urban locales BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #12

Some elderly people don't know how to do online banking. NH Ethylene Jul 2025 #14

Exactly. Thank you for pointing that out, NH. Not everyone FemDemERA Jul 2025 #36

I wonder what financial corporation will benefit from all of those prepaid cards? Buddyzbuddy Jul 2025 #16

Direct Express SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #26

Thank you for the information. (Comments not directed at you SOTOP) And that charge would "only" occur Buddyzbuddy Jul 2025 #37

It isn't Direct Express, it's the owners of the ATMs n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #38

Federal civil service paychecks were Deminpenn Jul 2025 #17

My lab supervisor had a big safe in his office BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #20

Paper checks intelpug Jul 2025 #18

A move away from GPO goverment printing office? LiberalArkie Jul 2025 #21

I don't think they print the checks BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #23

I guess it has changed, it used to be way back when I would get actual IRS refund checks that they LiberalArkie Jul 2025 #24

My dad used to work at the VA from the mid-'50s to the mid-'70s BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #25

Paper checks came from the Treasury, just like your tax refund checks do Deminpenn Jul 2025 #39

Social Security to end Paper Checks after Sep 30 CRB Jul 2025 #27

What about people who can't have bank accounts due to old debts where accounts get attached? Liberty Belle Jul 2025 #28

Debit card n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #29

That only works if you have stores that will take them BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #40

I can't help but wonder... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #41

To respond BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #43

I don't believe SS can be garnished by collection agencies MichMan Jul 2025 #44

Thought Rebl2 Jul 2025 #42