Direct Express is a prepaid card that gives you access to your federal benefits regardless of whether you have a bank account. If you receive federal benefits and want a secure way to store and use ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- An 80-year-old Chicago woman is still fighting to access her Social Security money days after CBS 2 first got involved. It is because of debit card problems that CBS 2 Political ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A debit card nightmare has left an 80-year-old Chicago woman with no way to access her Social Security money. Her family said it has been going on for weeks, with no solutions from the ...

Give Your Take: How Much Will You Spend Over the Holidays Relative to Last Year? How Does the Direct Express® Card Work? When you sign up for the Direct Express® card program, monthly payments are ...

The Direct Express debit card provides a variety of free services to Social Security beneficiaries. There are no sign-up fees, monthly fees or overdraft fees, which plague the users of many other ...

A San Antonio federal lawsuit alleges thousands of retirees, veterans and disabled people who receive federal benefits through Direct Express prepaid debit cards were fraud victims whose claims were ...

CLIFTON, Ohio (WKRC) - In an effort to deliver federal benefits to people, the government set up a debit card called "Direct Express." It is supposed to eliminate the worry of having a check lost or ...

Image source: Getty Images. The Direct Express card is a prepaid debit card used by federal benefits recipients. On the scheduled payment date each month, the card is loaded electronically with Social ...

Federal benefit recipients will soon be required to choose between Direct Deposit and the Direct Express debit card as traditional paper checks begin to phase out. A deadline set by the U.S.

For millions of Americans, getting a paper check from Social Security or SSI in the mailbox each month is a regular ritual. But in the last year, the U.S. Treasury has been quietly campaigning to get ...

My grandmother, who has dementia, agreed to receive her Social Security benefits via the Direct Express card in 2014. Apparently, the card was mailed and my grandmother misplaced it or threw it out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The days of paper Social Security checks are over. All Social Security beneficiaries are now required to receive their payments ...