President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order modernizing the way the federal government disburses payments, eliminating paper checks in favor of electronic transactions.
The move could affect nearly 500,000 recipients of Social Security benefits, Axios reported Wednesday.
The order stated that starting Sept. 30, the government “shall cease issuing paper checks for all Federal disbursements inclusive of intragovernmental payments, benefits payments, vendor payments, and tax refunds.”
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