The state of Maryland has replaced paper unemployment insurance checks with the Maryland Unemployment Insurance Benefit Prepaid Debit Card, effective Monday for new applicants, according to the ...

According to a report in Stateline.org, like many out-of-work Americans, Philip Tressler gets his unemployment benefits deposited directly into his checking account. He has a further option: He could ...

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Unemployment benefits no longer will be made available on debit cards, the Illinois Department of Employment Security says. The change will take effect Dec. 27 for benefit recipients who opted for a ...

Few people despise paper checks as much as I do. They’re expensive, insecure, anachronistic, and dangerously reliant on the less-than-stellar delivery record of the US Postal Service. Recently, banks ...

The South Dakota Department of Labor will now issue unemployment benefits on debit cards. Beginning this summer, paper checks will no longer be mailed. This will be more convenient for eligible ...

The conversation was a bit frustrating, because the questions I was asking weren’t fully aligned with the answers they wanted to give. The Californians were very keen on telling me how much better ...

"Both said there's no problem with my card... But I was like, clearly there's a problem if I'm missing $10,000." SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Employment Development Department has been battling a ...

For a brief moment this summer, Stephanie Moore thought she might finally see a glimmer of hope at the end of the coronavirus recession. Unemployment benefits provided a lifeline for the 38-year-old ...

Key members of Congress on Friday criticized the growing number of state programs that use banks to pay unemployment benefits while collecting fees from jobless-aid recipients, saying action is needed ...

A long-delayed effort to make collecting unemployment benefits almost as easy as using a credit card should launch next week in Indiana. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development plans to send ...