But looking at the fine print that came with his new unemployment debit card, he became livid. "A $1.50 [fee] here, a $1.50 there," he said. "Forty cents for a balance inquiry. Fifty cents to have ...

Unemployment claimants who receive their state benefits by debit card should verify their mailing address with the Department of Labor & Industry before March 6 when payments will be switched to a new ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Treasury Department on Thursday announced the beginning of a transition period to a new prepaid debit card provider for Unemployment Compensation and State Workers’ ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid the coronavirus crisis, so many have questions about how to get unemployment benefits. California is seeing "unprecedented" numbers during the pandemic with roughly 4.6 million ...

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 ...