The Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) eliminates the need for benefits recipients to wait for a paper check.
The Veterans Benefits Banking Program provides Veterans with a safe, reliable, and inexpensive way to receive and manage their VA monetary benefits. Now the program has added a new component with the integration of a newly redesigned, VetCents, that offers Veterans ways to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to take control of their financial life.
The Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) is a VA initiative that assists Veterans and their beneficiaries by providing secure access to banking options and financial services to protect them from fraudulent schemes and pension poaching.
VA partnered with the Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) to create VBBP—which helps Veterans and beneficiaries open low or no cost bank and credit union accounts. VBBP also provides free financial education, financial counseling, and credit counseling.
VA expanded the Veterans Benefits Banking Program to provide more services to Veterans. See what the expansion, called VBBP 2.0, offers.
The “Increase Your Credit Score” workshop will be a live event with credit experts whose aim is to help you bolster your credit score and financial stability.
A healthy financial future isn’t only about how much money you make, but how you manage it. Veteran Saves, which is part of the Consumer Federation of America’s America Saves program, wants to help increase financial stability, savings and economic resilience among Veterans.
VA established the Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) in 2019. Since then, more than 100,000 Veterans have switched to direct deposit.
VA established the Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) in December 2019. Since then, more than 75,000 Veterans have signed up.
Since VBBP's inception, more than 200,000 Veterans and beneficiaries have created bank accounts, converted to direct deposit, and now receive their benefits payments through electronic funds transfers (EFT).
National Financial Awareness Day is devoted to teaching achievable financial principles to help you manage your finances efficiently. VA is dedicated to ensuring that our Veterans are empowered and aware of all available financial tools and resources.
If you receive VA benefit payments through a pre-paid debit card or paper check, there is a simpler, quicker way to receive the benefits you have earned.