Social Security in the last five years has gone to direct deposit for beneficiaries and if you need to change up banking information, there is a process you need to go through.

Jack Myers with Social Security in Springfield walks us through the process. This can be taken care of on the world wide web at socialsecurity.gov, you can call the Social Security 800-number or visit your local office.

The biggest hurdle in the process for those changing their information will be verifying identification. If you do this online or by phone, a series of questions will have to be answered.

Once the change has been made and you are awaiting a deposit to your new bank account, Myers always recommends making sure that first deposit takes place before closing out your old account. He says this is just a precaution.

Making the change in-person is going to be much simpler as Myers points out, all you have to do is show an ID. 

You can get more information on this or make a change at socialsecurity.gov.