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6. How will Pension Credit be paid?

Normally, The Pension Service will want to pay your Pension Credit directly into a bank account or a Post Office Card Account. If you can’t manage an account, you can ask to have your Pension Credit paid by a cheque you can cash at the post office. But you will have to rely on the post to get your payment, so it’s usually better to have the money paid directly into an account if you can.

 
 
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