If you're scheduled to receive Social Security benefits this Wednesday, January 21, how you get paid depends on the payment ...

Social Security payments are entering a complicated new phase, with fresh cost-of-living increases, tighter identity checks and a broad federal push toward electronic deposits all converging at once.

Rumors spread that Social Security paper checks were ending. Here's what actually changed, why the confusion started, and what retirees need to know now.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that regular benefit payments for January 2026 will be issued on ...