The Social Security Administration had planned to eliminate all paper checks by Sept. 30. Now the agency says it will ...

In a move that brings relief to many, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has reversed its decision to eliminate physical checks. This ensures beneficiaries who rely on this payment method can ...

Less than 1% of beneficiaries have not yet switched to electronic payment methods and still receive paper checks, according ...

By Jessica Hall . Paper Social Security checks will be eliminated on Sept. 30 . Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to ...