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Unemployment checks go plastic
Unemployment checks are no longer going to be in the mail. Starting next month, California officials are going to begin paying billions of dollars in unemployment, disability and paid family leave...
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State disability pay goes plastic
Californians collecting state disability insurance or paid family leave have begun getting debit cards in lieu of paper checks, reports the state Employment Development Department. Later this spring,...
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Unemployment debit cards delayed until July
California’s plan to convert paper unemployment checks to plastic debit cards — and save the state $4 million a year — has been delayed until July, seven months later than originally planned, a state...
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California benefits debit card ranked best in U.S.
(Clarification: EDD only began offering direct deposit when the debit card began in December 2010. The National Consumer Law Center’s criticism is that recipients must set up direct deposit through...
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Unemployment payments go plastic
The unemployment check, like the unemployment line, is going the way of the dinosaur as the California Employment Development Department begins the roll-out of its new debit card for paying benefits....
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Are banks being sneaky about debit card fees?
Much has been written about Bank of America and other banks planning to charge fees for their debit cards. While the banks say they need to recoup revenues that are being lost after Congress reduced...
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Poll: Is the day of paying cash dead?
The day of cash and carry for groceries — and apparently almost anything else — may be going the way of the eight-track with 43% of Americans polled by Rasmussen Reports saying they have gone through...
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