The first round of October Social Security payments, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in four days.
When will payments arrive?
Retirees born between the first and 10th of a month will receive their payments on Oct. 8 .
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The second round of payments will go out on Oct. 15 for retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month, and the third round will follow on Oct. 22 to those born on or after the 21st of a month.
An executive order transitioning federal government payments from paper checks to electronic payments took effect on Sept. 30. Social Security recipients are among those aff