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Getting Stimulus Funds To Those Who Need Them — Without The Paper Check

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As reported, those Americans with direct deposit account information stored with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — the conduit through which they get refunds — will get those payments within a few weeks after legislation is finalized and signed. There also is Mastercard Send for push payments as an alternative to ACH.

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MetaBank, Fiserv To Issue Preloaded Visa Cards For Stimulus Payments

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Treasury will allow two financial technology companies to issue prepaid Visa cards loaded with coronavirus stimulus payments. Reuters reported its sources confirmed MetaBank of South Dakota and Wisconsin-based Fiserv got the go-ahead following lobbying of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by payment industry groups.

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Figure’s Mike Cagney: Stimulus Snafus Show It’s Time For Digital Dollars – And Blockchain

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But it will take weeks for all monies to get to everyone, a timeframe that will likely be pushed as paper checks get sent through the mail to the millions of recipients who don’t have direct deposit set up with the IRS. A significant percentage are being put on hold as the IRS grapples with tackling stimulus payments first.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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There’s just one, small, fizzly problem for the IRS. Hence the IRS and its five tons of cash to process. Or, if reports are correct, the IRS has actually outsourced that process to a Virginia company for $1.7 The vast, vast majority of that revenue is being paid in cash. The Justice Department went on to offer local U.S.

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How Government Agencies Can Find A Disbursement Method Middle Ground

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The IRS is ready to deal with direct deposit if you have a regular bank account, and they are ready to deal with paper checks, [but] they are not used to dealing with [more] payment methods on a widespread scale,” Jun said in a PYMNTS interview. “I Government agencies can struggle to move funds to waiting recipients with the necessary speed.

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Ripple Heads Up New Crypto Lobbying Group; Pays In XRP

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Meanwhile, Hard Yaka is developing a prepaid card that lets users spend Ripple balances on the spot. The group hired lobbying firm Klein/Johnson Group to push its cause, with the lobbying firm being paid $25,000 a month and 10,000 XRP, Ripple’s cryptocurrency. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example.

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Disbursements Choice Key To State And Federal Agency Payouts

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21, meaning many l ow-income families were the last to receive stimulus funding from the IRS. 21, meaning many l ow-income families were the last to receive stimulus funding from the IRS. The tough financial realities U.S. For starters, each check can cost about $2.50 Around The Disbursements Space.

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