Stimulus Check Debit Card Replacement

For months the irs and treasury said to watch for direct deposits and checks in the mail.
Stimulus check debit card replacement. The irs is lacking bank account information for about 4 million americans so the agency is. Will i receive a replacement debit card if i threw the first one out. Almost 4 million americans will receive their economic impact payments as pre paid debit cards which caused even more confusion when the internal revenue service suddenly switched to this method late last month people took to social media to complain about throwing their coronavirus stimulus checks away because they assumed the cards were scams in anonymous looking white envelopes.
Second stimulus check update. You can get a replacement card but it may cost you. An economic impact payment card is a prepaid debit card that the us treasury used to distribute some stimulus payments under the march cares act instead of direct deposit or a paper check.
The cards are issued from metabank n a. Here s what those people should be aware of. The irs started mailing stimulus money through a pre paid debit cards to about four million americans instead of checks.
Or money network cardholder services. A debit card loaded with the stimulus payment. The federal government misled at least 4 million people about how they would get their stimulus.
The cards caused a lot of confusion because many recipients were expecting a paper check.