Retirees and all other Social Security beneficiaries must switch to electronic payment options by September 30. After this ...

"If you still receive paper checks, now is the time to act. To avoid any disruption in payments, you should switch to electronic payment options before September 30," a post on the Social Security ...

The Social Security Administration said you should never laminate your physical Social Security card. Doing so can prevent ...

The federal government is phasing out paper checks for Social Security benefits and other federal payments beginning this ...

A good number of Americans rely on Social Security as income to cover their living expenses and basic needs. Each month, the Social Security Administration issues payments to Americans who qualify for ...

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For the vast majority of people, the stream of promised retirement checks is worth more than anything else, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets ...

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WASHINGTON -- If you’re one of the 97 million Americans with a mySocialSecurity account, a recent update to the platform is expected to make it much easier to access your personal information. Last ...

Since the first benefit check was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for the American public. Though it was initially conceived as a program that would ...