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 ...

Learn how to handle outstanding checks, recognize risks, and avoid financial pitfalls. This guide covers key strategies for ...

The SSA-11 form serves as a pivotal document for Social Security beneficiaries in the United States seeking to change their representative payee. This form is indispensable for individuals who, due to ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Verification of Payee (VoP) is a pre-payment security measure ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Name matching has long been a cornerstone of payment security ...

You may know someone who gets a monthly Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income payment and who also needs help managing their money. We can appoint a person or an organization to act ...

WASHINGTON -- Although most people who receive and manage Social Security benefits on behalf of other individuals perform their duties well, the Social Security Administration's "representative payee" ...