Retirement News : Seniors : First ‘Baby Boomer’ retirement payment made by direct deposit

First ‘Baby Boomer’ retirement payment made by direct deposit

Date Added: 30-04-2008

Social Security retirement benefits enter the internet era.  Read the excerpt below.

Mexia Daily News - Mexia,TX,USA

April 29, 2008

By POLLY WINN- Social Security District Manager in Corsicana, Tx.

Baby boomers can be such trend-setters. Take the first baby boomer to receive Social Security retirement benefits, for example.

When Kathy Casey-Kirschling, the nation’s first baby boomer, decided it was time to retire, she applied online at www.socialsecurity.gov because she knew it was fast, convenient and secure.

And when the application asked her how she wanted to receive her first payment, she chose the safest, quickest and most convenient way—direct deposit.

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