Stimulus Debit Card Information

The debit cards come in white envelopes with a treasury department seal.

Stimulus debit card information. Officials said around 8 million cards with payments of up to 600 per person will be sent and warned. How to activate your eip card. Formally called eip economic impact payment cards the debit cards are an alternative to receiving a paper check.

Eip cards are visa branded debit cards issued by the government and stocked with your stimulus check money. If that happens you ll need to call the irs to either transfer the funds to a new card or get a check. 800 241 9100 to activate your new card.

The cards have a visa logo on the front and they ve been issued by metabank which is displayed on the back. The government stops sending out the cards after january 15. To transfer money from your stimulus debit card to your bank account go to the eip card website or use the money network mobile app and select the option to move money out you ll need.

The irs has sent out more than 140 million economic impact payments guaranteed by the cares act. If you got an eip card for the previous stimulus the irs won t refill it. Treasury irs sending new round of stimulus debit cards with clearer identification.

Starting the week of may 18 eligible recipients began receiving eip cards in the mail. If you don t get a government stimulus payment card by friday you likely won t be getting one. The stimulus funds on your debit card will never expire but your card itself might.

Treasury department seal according to. Around 4 million americans will be sent their stimulus payments via prepaid debit card. You ll need to provide your name address and social security number.