Form RI 38-128 RI 38-128 It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit

U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Retirement Services and Management Group
Post Office Box 440
Boyers, PA 16017-0440

Form Approved
OMB No.: 3206-0226

Date:

It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit
Public Law 104-134 requires that most Federal payments be made by Direct Deposit. More than 90% of Federal
retirees and survivors receive their payments by Direct Deposit. We recommend that you participate too.
We can make payment by Direct Deposit into your account in a bank, credit union, savings bank, or thrift institution.
Many financial institutions offer basic, low-cost accounts, as well as full-service accounts. Direct Deposit is safe,
reliable, and convenient for you. You do not have to take care of a paper check (which could be delayed in the mail,
lost, or stolen).
However, if receiving your payment electronically would cause you a hardship because you have a disability or
because of a geographic, language, or literacy barrier, you may receive your payment by check. In addition, if
enrolling in Direct Deposit would cause you a financial hardship because it would cost you more than receiving your
payment by check, you may receive your payment by check.
For more information about Direct Deposit, call us on 1-888-767-6738 (TDD: 1-800-878-5708) Monday through Friday
from 7:30 AM to 7:45 PM Eastern time. It is easy to sign up. You can call us toll-free using the numbers shown above.
If you do not want to call us to enroll, you can fill this form out and FAX it to 724-794-6633. Or, you can mail this form
to our Boyers, Pennsylvania, address shown at the top of this page.

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RI 38-128
Revised June 2010

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Direct Deposit Information
To have your annuity payments made by Direct Deposit, please complete Section A. You may also receive Direct
Deposit by calling us or by completing a Standard Form 1199A (available at most financial institutions). If you want
payments by check, please complete Section B.

Section A - Payment by Direct Deposit
I want to receive my annuity payments by Direct Deposit into the account indicated below.
Account Information - Please contact your financial institution to obtain accurate and complete account and routing
numbers. If you prefer, you may attach a voided check instead of entering the account and routing numbers.
However, we cannot accept a deposit slip for this purpose.
Account type

Account number

Checking
Savings
Financial institution routing

Name, address and telephone number of your financial institution

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)

Your signature*

Your daytime telephone
number

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Your Email address

Date

)

Section B - Payment by Check
Please pay me by check; Direct Deposit would cause me a hardship as described on the other side of this notice. I
understand that I may sign up for Direct Deposit at any time.
Your signature*

Your daytime telephone
number

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Your Email address

Date

)

*You must sign. We cannot accept the signature of a person holding your power of attorney. We can accept the
signature of an OPM-approved representative payee or a court-appointed fiduciary, if we have a copy of the court
appointment.

Reverse of RI 38-128
Revised June 2010