{"id":524,"date":"2025-01-06T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:01:06","slug":"direct-deposit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/getting-paid\/direct-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Easiest Way to Get Your Paycheck<\/h4>\n<p>Direct Deposit is a safe and convenient way to authorize the University to automatically deposit your earnings into your checking or savings account.\u00a0<strong>Even if you already have direct deposit from working at BU previously, you should verify that you have authorized direct deposit for any new student employment positions. You must resubmit authorization any time you are hired into a new position.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Setting up Direct Deposit<\/h4>\n<p>You may enroll by selecting Direct Deposit Authorization on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.buw.bu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Employee Self Service<\/a>\u00a0tile on the MyBU Portal. You will need your bank\u2019s routing number and your bank account number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For step-by-step instructions, <a href=\"\/seo\/files\/2025\/01\/How-to-set-up-direct-deposit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read this guide<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LRvp1FNJ6tM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch this video<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Troubleshooting Direct Deposit Authorization<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you try to set up direct deposit and have never worked for BU,<\/strong> you\u00a0will receive the following \u201cerror message\u201d pop-up. In that case, you will need to\u00a0<strong>wait until after you receive confirmation you\u2019ve been hired into a job\u00a0<\/strong>to set up Direct Deposit via Employee Self-Service on the BUWorks Central Portal. That\u2019s because your employment record must be established in the University payroll system before you can access Employee Self Service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/seo\/files\/2025\/01\/BUWorks-ESS-Error-1024x566-1-636x352.png\" alt=\"BU Works Authorization Error Screen\" width=\"636\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/files\/2025\/01\/BUWorks-ESS-Error-1024x566-1-636x352.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/files\/2025\/01\/BUWorks-ESS-Error-1024x566-1-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/files\/2025\/01\/BUWorks-ESS-Error-1024x566-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students will have access to the Employee Self Service pages as early as their first date of employment. If you\u00a0 do not have the Employee Self-Service tab in BUWorks Central Portal by or after that date, please submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_category&amp;sys_id=944a01b393201e10d2473ad97bba104d&amp;catalog_id=-1&amp;spa=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">service ticket<\/a> for additional assistance.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Salary Statements<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/seo\/files\/2025\/03\/Viewing-Your-Salary-Statement-Version-06.27.2023.1-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salary statements<\/a> are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.buw.bu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Employee Self-Service portal<\/a> from the start of employment until the date of termination. After termination, access to these statements is no longer available through the portal. To retrieve past salary statements, former student employees must submit a service ticket unless they are rehired into a new position. If rehired, their access to the portal is automatically restored. It is recommended that students download any necessary documents before their employment ends to avoid delays.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Changing Bank Accounts<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>To change which bank account your earnings are deposited into, <a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.buw.bu.edu\/\"><\/a>You will need to know your old account information to make the change. To see how to edit your information, watch the following video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcXiHBYQ9Ac?si=uZhckFXoyTMXa1QZ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Canceling Direct Deposit<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Canceling direct deposit should only occur in rare and urgent situations, such as suspected fraud or a compromised or closed bank account when a new account has not yet been established.<\/p>\n<p>If you cancel direct deposit, pay will be issued by paper check until new banking information is provided and successfully processed. Employees are strongly encouraged to set up a new direct deposit account as soon as possible to avoid delays in payment.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe you need to cancel direct deposit due to an urgent or unusual circumstance, please <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=0d150dfb93ecda10d2473ad97bba1072&amp;sysparm_category=944a01b393201e10d2473ad97bba104d&amp;catalog_id=-1\">contact us<\/a> for guidance before making changes.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Please Note:<\/strong>\u00a0If a check is deposited into a closed account, it will not be reissued until the funds have been returned to the University by the bank. This process takes approximately three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with direct deposit are rare. However, if one should arise, <a href=\"\/seo\/contact-us\">contact Payroll<\/a> immediately\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:bupay@bu.edu\">bupay@bu.edu<\/a>. The correction process may take up to two weeks, and the funds will be reissued as a check and mailed to the address on file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Easiest Way to Get Your Paycheck Direct Deposit is a safe and convenient way to authorize the University to automatically deposit your earnings into your checking or savings account.\u00a0Even if you already have direct deposit from working at BU previously, you should verify that you have authorized direct deposit for any new student employment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1183,"featured_media":0,"parent":526,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions\/2028"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}