Can I overdraft my Direct Express account? This question is about the Direct Express® Prepaid Debit Mastercard®

Can I overdraft my Direct Express account?

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This question is about the Direct Express® Prepaid Debit Mastercard®

Sydney Garth, Credit Cards Moderator

@sydneygarth • 11/16/20 This answer was first published on 11/16/20. For the most current information about a financial product, you should always check and confirm accuracy with the offering financial institution. Editorial and user-generated content is not provided, reviewed or endorsed by any company.

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You cannot overdraft your Direct Express account, as it is a prepaid debit card. It does not offer overdraft protection since it was designed specifically for the receipt and spending of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits.

You can only spend the money that is on the card. If you go over, your card will be rejected.

Tammy Sams @tammy_sams

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Mine got over drawn so that's not true Sydney Garth

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allenkeri04, Member

@allenkeri04 • 01/30/22 This answer was first published on 01/30/22. For the most current information about a financial product, you should always check and confirm accuracy with the offering financial institution. Editorial and user-generated content is not provided, reviewed or endorsed by any company.

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Your Direct Express can be overdrawn . In my case, at the hands of Social Security, I'm paying a charge for a replacement card. There's a choice of getting the card in the mail or in 2 days by paying a fee of about $14 which they can take out of your account right then or once your check hits. If there's not enough to cover it , they charge you...so now the card is overdrawn and is collected whenever benefits are posted. Also, if the card is overdrawn, it's rejected. I have to wait until the 1st of the month to set up autopay for my phone bill.

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