banking details

Overview

Through this service, you can change the Banking Details of how you receive your benefit or update your banking details held by the Department of Social Security. If you are currently receiving benefit payments by cheque, you must change your details to start receiving payments by direct deposit in your bank account. If you are already receiving your payments by direct bank deposits, you may change both the bank as well as the account number (International Bank Account Number ‑ IBAN).

You can also opt to receive a payment notification via SMS when your benefit has been deposited. Through this service, you cannot change your banking details to start receiving cheque payments.

what you’ll get

With this service, you will have access to the following features:

• Facility to update your banking details held with the Department of Social Security online.

• Facility to change your payment method from cheque to direct credit into bank account.

• Facility to receive a payment notification via SMS to be informed when your benefit has been deposited.

• By authenticating with your e‑ID, an Agent, Administrator, or Agent appointed by an Administrator who is duly registered with the Department of Social Security, can change the banking details of the Social Security beneficiary.

Eligibility

General eligibility criteria:

• A person registered under the Social Security Act (Cap. 318.), and is not a beneficiary, can update his/her banking details held by the Department of Social Security.

• An e‑ID account issued by Identity Malta.

Additional Information

• The indicated bank account must be a Savings or Current account, but not a Loan Account.

• The indicated bank account must be in the name of the beneficiary, or in the name of the beneficiary’s administrator registered with the Department.

• If a person is not a beneficiary but is registered under the Social Security Act, banking details held by the Department must still be updated and the indicated bank account must be in the name of the registered person.

• The bank account details provided will be commonly used for all other benefits.

• If a beneficiary has a garnishee order, he/she is to inform the preferred bank about the amendment to Article 381 of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12.) to have a bank account issued in the beneficiary’s name.

• In accordance with Article 381(1)(b) of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12.), it shall not be lawful to issue a garnishee order upon any benefit, pension, allowance or assistance mentioned in the Social Security Act or a private pension or any other pension, benefit or allowance issued by the Government or other foreign Government. Provided that in the case of private pensions and pensions issued by foreign governments, the amount that is not sequestrable must not exceed the amount established for the highest pension issued by the Government.

How To Access The Service

Access your Banking Details held by the Department of Social Security by scanning the QR Code or entering the URL below bankingdss.gov.mt