Changes to how Social Security, VA benefits are paid start this week: What to know

(NEXSTAR) -- You may be in line to receive a benefits check from the government this week, but the form it comes in may be different from what you usually get.

Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order that called for “payments to and from America’s bank account" to be modernized. Ultimately, it marks an end to paper checks and money orders for transactions with the federal government, with a few exceptions.

According to the order, it is "16 times more likely" for paper checks and money orders to be lost, stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than electronically-disbursed funds.

Under Trump’s order, acceptable digital payment methods include direct deposit, prepaid cards, digital wallets, real-time payment systems, and “other modern electronic payment options.”