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Social Security payments for October will be sent out on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of the month.

A new paperless policy requires recipients to use direct deposit or a Direct Express card instead of paper checks.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive their October payment on the first of the month.

Social Security payments for October are about to be sent to recipients under the agency's new paperless policy .

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the month, Oct. 8.

Subsequent payments will go out on the third (Oct. 15) and fourth (Oct. 22) Wednesdays of the month, according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar .

Those who get

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