Starting in late December, unemployment insurance benefits will no longer be paid out via a debit card.
This won’t affect how much claimants receive but will alter how they get the money says Illinois Department of Employment Security Acting Director Kristin Richards.
“Beginning on Dec. 27 claimants who defaulted to a debit card option as their preferred method of payment will begin receiving paper checks instead of the benefits being placed on a debit card. The department will continue to make benefit payments as normal for those who chose direct deposit.”
The change comes after the state’s vendor, Key Bank, decided to stop providing debit cards for benefit purposes.
Richards says those currently using debit cards can go online at: ides.illinois.gov/payment and switch to direct deposit if they wish.
