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Direct Deposit of Financial Aid Refunds & Student Accounting Overpayments:

  • Financial Aid refunds and Student Accounting overpayments may be directly deposited to your bank account.
  • A completed Direct Deposit Authorization Form may be:

                           Mailed to - VCU Treasury Services  
                                           Disbursement Operations
                                           PO Box 843074
                                           Richmond, VA 23284-3074

                          Hand-delivered to - Disbursement Operations
                                                         700 W. Grace St
                                                         3rd Floor, Suite 3300

                                Dropped in - Drop boxes located:

                                    Harris Hall, 1st flr, outside of
                                                        Cashier's Office
                                    VMI Building, inside room 323
                                   

  • Direct Deposit Authorization Form may be printed here.
  • Notify Disbursement Operations immediately and in writing:
    • any change to information pertaining to your checking or savings account;
    • to terminate the direct deposit authorization.
  • Once activated, your Direct Deposit Authorization remains in effect throughout your VCU enrollment. New authorizations are not required each semester.
  • If you do not have a bank account, you have other options.
    • Make your VCUCard more valuable and convenient by making it your banking card too.  Use it at ATM's to get cash.
    • Open a free Wachovia/Wells Fargo Checking Account. All that is required is a picture ID and your signature.

        Frequently Asked Questions About Direct Deposit

Important Notice About International ACH/Direct Deposit

As a U.S. entity, VCU is obligated to comply with the requirements of the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which oversees payments sent outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. This includes automated clearing house (ACH) payments processed by VCU for payroll, student refunds, vendor invoices, and travel reimbursements. Effective September 18, 2009, new requirements were implemented for domestic and international fund transfers. As a result, there are new formatting requirements for these transactions to which VCU must comply.

VCU is now obligated to identify as an “International ACH Transaction” (IAT) any direct deposits that are (1) made by VCU to a financial institution located outside the U.S., or (2) made by VCU to a domestic financial institution if that financial institution immediately transfers the full deposit amount to an international financial institution in a “back-to-back” transaction. VCU will require employees and students to confirm, at the time they enroll in direct deposit of their payroll or student refund disbursement, that the full amount of the direct deposit is not being forwarded to a bank in another country; and if at any point a standing order is established to forward the full direct deposit to a bank in another country, they will inform either VCU Payroll Services (employees) or VCU Treasury Services (students) immediately.

There are alternative methods of payment available to employees and students; therefore, if you believe you are affected by these new requirements, please contact Payroll Services at (804) 828-0740 or Treasury Services at (804) 828-2138.