WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration has announced it will stop sending out physical checks to recipients, moving exclusively to electronic forms of payment.

The change will happen on Sept. 30, according to SSA officials, as part of a government-wide shift under the Trump administration to modernize payment systems.

As of July 2025, about 521,644 people still get their checks by mail . That's less than one percent of the approximately 68 million people who receive social security benefits in the country.

The government is catching up to a growing trend in American economics, where paper currency is becoming more rare in public. Many businesses, especially small storefronts, say they are "cashless" and exclusively use debit or credit card transactions to do business.

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