In July 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on a Wisconsin woman whose family feared her representative payee might have misused her funds. Representative payees are responsible for aiding ...
Millions of people collect Social Security benefits each and every month, and most of them are fully capable of managing the money they receive from the federal government. However, a significant ...
People who serve as representative payees for individuals who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits now have more options for their annual reporting of how the funds ...
When a Social Security beneficiary is unable to manage their own account, they can have a representative payee step in to manage the account for them. This typically happens when the beneficiary is a ...
Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade of experience in public policy research, with an ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
P20, the voice of the global payments industry, today announces the publication of its latest report, “Payee Verification: Overview of Approaches used by Credit-Push Payment Systems”. This interim ...
Find out about this key aspect of financial protection for your benefits. Millions of people collect Social Security benefits each and every month, and most of them are fully capable of managing the ...
People who serve as representative payees for individuals who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits now have more options for their annual reporting of how the funds are ...