The Direct Express® card is a prepaid debit card offered to recipients of federal benefits who receive their support electronically. The debit card provides the ease and security of using electronic operations to spend and access your money instead of using cash for purchases.
You do not need a bank account to enroll and get the card. There is no credit check or minimum balance requirement . Beneficiaries of programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, among others, could receive the second stimulus check on the same card in which they send federal aid regularly.
Direct Express cards ® are sent by the Department of the Treasury to about eight million people. Basically, the above is a payment option whereby the corresponding agencies electronically process the funds to the beneficiaries without the need for a paper check.
Agencies such as the Social Security Administration (SSA ) have already included notifications on their website alerting beneficiaries that they could receive the second stimulus check on their Direct Express® card . The SSA website clearly states that if you received the first stimulus check to your Direct Express, you should receive the second payment in the same way.
One of the recurring questions asked by Beneficiaries have to do with the steps to follow to activate the card, for this purpose when you receive the plastic by mail, you must call the toll-free line of the Customer Service Department for cards Direct Express® to 1 (888) 741 – 1115.
It is important to consult with the IRS, in case you are a beneficiary of Direct Express®, how is the mechanism to receive the corresponding to the second stimulus check through your card. Remember that this Friday 15 the deadline for the distribution of stimulus checks expires, so go to the IRS to clear any doubts.
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