STATE-RUN Social Security System (SSS) will no longer disburse benefit payouts to its members through checks, the pension fund announced on Friday.

In a statement, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora Ignacio said lump sum disability, death and retirement benefits, including the Employees’ Compensation disability benefit, which were previously released through checks, are now mandatorily released through banks.

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