(NEXSTAR) — There have been several changes to government benefit payments already this year, including increased checks for some and clawbacks for outstanding overpayments for others. In about two months, another change is expected to take effect — this one targeting how beneficiaries are paid.

Back in March, President Trump signed an executive order to modernize “payments to and from America’s bank account.” The order claimed that paper checks and money orders from the nation’s general fund “are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered” compared to funds that are disbursed electronically.

To reduce such........

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