Fraud and Scams in the Era of Instant Payments
Modernizing Payments: White House Executive Order (March 25, 2025)
Meet Cardholder Garry [VIDEO]
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Meet Cardholder Rosalind [VIDEO]
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Safeguarding Public Funds
Cardholder Survey Shows Slight Increase in Feature Awareness
Nonbank Transaction Accounts Provide Access for Unbanked [STUDY]
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Payment Apps and Direct Express®
FDIC Survey Finds 96 Percent of U.S. Households Were Banked in 2023
Direct Express® Cardholders Discuss their Cards
National Financial Inclusion Strategy Aims to Foster Access, Resilience and Well-Being
Understanding the Schedule for Social Security Benefit Payments
Fraud and Scams in the Era of Instant Payments
The financial ecosystem faces a complex balancing act: maintaining the convenience that makes digital payments revolutionary while building safeguards against increasingly sophisticated fraud. Direct Express® is no different. Americans lost over $10 billion to payment [...]
Modernizing Payments: White House Executive Order (March 25, 2025)
A recent White House Executive Order (EO) mandates the transition to electronic payments for all federal disbursements and receipts by digitizing payments. It says: “Sec. 3. Phase Out of Paper Check Disbursements and Receipts. (a) Effective [...]
Stories
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Cardholder Story #1 Rosalind, Pennsylvania [VIDEO]
“I receive social security and VA Disability. Using my Direct Express® card helps me to budget my money and keep track of it more efficiently” Greater Control & Security
Cardholder Story #2 Garry, Florida [VIDEO]
“I’m a Navy and Vietnam veteran. I’ve received the card for about six years now. The card saves time. It’s more convenient – I don’t carry cash because I’ve gotten used to carrying the Direct Express® card – so I really don’t need [cash]” A Better Budgeting Tool
Cardholder Story #3 Elizabeth, Florida [VIDEO]
“I’m retired and have a disability and a supplemental insurance payment that comes [on the Direct Express® card]. This card helps me a lot. It makes so many times in the month when I don’t have to worry about having cash, or getting cash where it needs to be on time.” Confidence, Comfort & Convenience
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White House Exec order looks to September 30, 2025, to "cease issuing paper checks for all Federal disbursements inclusive of intragovernmental payments" #electronicpayments
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A recent White House Executive Order (EO) mandates the transition to electronic payments for all federal disbursements...
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Moderninzing payments. White House Executive Order on @electronicpayments #fiscalresponsibility
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A recent White House Executive Order (EO) mandates the transition to electronic payments for all federal disbursements...
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#DidYouKnow that electronic payments save Americans money? 🪙🐖 Direct Express is one of several ways federal benefits are paid electronically, and every paper check converted to an electronic payment saves taxpayers about $1. 🎉