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Yeah, and for the unbanked who used the USPS intrepidity Jul 17 #1
Direct deposit costs nothing synni Jul 17 #11
"Unbanked" nt intrepidity Jul 17 #19
So get banked Polybius Friday #30
Or get the debit card n/t SickOfTheOnePct Friday #31
.... intrepidity Friday #33
The only fee... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #35
... intrepidity Friday #32
That's exactly how I feel about seniors who refuse to abide by modern technology Polybius Friday #34
Wow....I thought those had ended 10-15 years ago Bengus81 Jul 17 #2
They tried but there is the same issue BumRushDaShow Jul 17 #5
I haven't received a paper paycheck since the early 1990's. Dr. T Friday #22
fewer than 1%. and those people are getting the side eye stopdiggin Jul 17 #3
The government could provide help to those who find it difficult to make the change. twodogsbarking Jul 17 #4
With a call wait time of only 2 days!!!11!!!!1!! BumRushDaShow Jul 17 #6
I've been on hold since 1994. They said not to hang up or I would wait even longer. twodogsbarking Jul 17 #7
They did contract out under the table BumRushDaShow Jul 17 #8
"One ringy dingy..." n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #13
It was a job. twodogsbarking Jul 17 #15
Yes because so many rural areas are without reliable internet and cellphone service FakeNoose Jul 17 #9
Help me understand why not having a local bank is a problem? I have lived 2000 sinkingfeeling Jul 17 #10
There are people in a number of blighted urban locales BumRushDaShow Jul 17 #12
Some elderly people don't know how to do online banking. NH Ethylene Jul 17 #14
Exactly. Thank you for pointing that out, NH. Not everyone FemDemERA Friday #36
I wonder what financial corporation will benefit from all of those prepaid cards? Buddyzbuddy Jul 17 #16
Direct Express SickOfTheOnePct Friday #26
Thank you for the information. (Comments not directed at you SOTOP) And that charge would "only" occur Buddyzbuddy Friday #37
It isn't Direct Express, it's the owners of the ATMs n/t SickOfTheOnePct Friday #38
Federal civil service paychecks were Deminpenn Jul 17 #17
My lab supervisor had a big safe in his office BumRushDaShow Friday #20
Paper checks intelpug Jul 17 #18
A move away from GPO goverment printing office? LiberalArkie Friday #21
I don't think they print the checks BumRushDaShow Friday #23
I guess it has changed, it used to be way back when I would get actual IRS refund checks that they LiberalArkie Friday #24
My dad used to work at the VA from the mid-'50s to the mid-'70s BumRushDaShow Friday #25
Paper checks came from the Treasury, just like your tax refund checks do Deminpenn Friday #39
Social Security to end Paper Checks after Sep 30 CRB Friday #27
What about people who can't have bank accounts due to old debts where accounts get attached? Liberty Belle Friday #28
Debit card n/t SickOfTheOnePct Friday #29
That only works if you have stores that will take them BumRushDaShow Friday #40
I can't help but wonder... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #41
To respond BumRushDaShow Friday #43
I don't believe SS can be garnished by collection agencies MichMan Saturday #44
Thought Rebl2 Friday #42
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