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Direct Deposit
Direct Deposit is the fastest way to get paid 鈥 it鈥檚 easy, reliable, and sustainable!
Still have questions? Contact payroll@american.edu and let us know how we can help.
How to Sign Up
- Go to聽聽in the聽
- In Eagle Service
- Choose Banking Information
- Click on +Add an Account
- Follow the instructions to add your bank account number and routing number.聽
You will receive an email confirmation once you have聽successfully submitted your information.
Note that it will take one to two paycycles for direct deposit to聽take effect and your bank information will show 鈥淣ot Verified鈥澛爑ntil it has been processed by Payroll.
Are you a student worker?聽
Eagle Service now allows you to use the same banking information for both student refunds and reimbursements, and payroll deposits. You will need to activate your banking information to receive direct deposit for your student job (payroll deposit won鈥檛 show up as an option until your employee documentation, including the W-4, have been processed).
Follow the instructions listed above to add an account; if you want to use your existing bank account you will need the account and routing numbers to edit your information.聽
- Under New Deposit, click the 础肠迟颈惫补迟别听button next to Payroll Deposit.
- Choose an effective date; the current date is the earliest that you can select.
- Add your routing number and bank account details, agree to the terms and conditions, and click Submit.
Detailed Student Instructions for Direct Deposit
- Go to聽
- Then choose聽Banking Information聽聽and click on +Add an Account:
- 聽If you already have bank account information in the system, you will need to reenter it for security purposes:
- Under New Deposit, click the Activate聽button next to Payroll Deposit.聽Choose an effective date; the current date is the earliest that you can select.
- Edit your bank account details
- The routing number and bank聽account number fields are required
- Click on 鈥渧iew sample image鈥 to see聽where these numbers are located on聽your checks.
- Don鈥檛 have checks? Contact your聽bank to verify the routing聽information.
- You will receive an email confirmation once you have successfully submitted your information.
Note that it can take up to two pay cycles for direct deposit to take effect and your bank information will show 鈥淣ot Verified鈥 until it has been processed by Payroll.
Need to Make Changes?
You can also make changes to your banking information using聽the instructions above to log into your Eagle Service account.
Click on the account you wish to change.
You can change:
- deposit
- priority
- amount
- nickname
- end date
You will need to create a new account if you wish to change your routing or account number. You will receive an email confirmation once you have successfully submitted your information.
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