Tax Refund Direct Deposit Made Easy

Set up alerts in the myWisely app during tax season.

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Get Your Tax refund by direct deposit

4 easy steps to a quick tax refund

If you have a Wisely Pay card, be sure to upgrade your card (at no cost). If you already have an upgraded Wisely Pay card or a Wisely Direct card, skip to step 2.
Go to the Direct Deposit screen and find your Wisely account number and routing number.
Enter the numbers in the refund section of your tax return.
Select “checking” as your refund type on your tax return.

Tip: Set up account alerts in the myWisely app so you’ll know when your tax refund has been direct deposited to your card.

Expecting a nice big refund?

Be sure to check your card load limits in advance.

Need to upgrade your Wisely Pay card to set up direct deposit of your refund?

If you have a Wisely Pay card, be sure to upgrade your card (at no cost). Log in to the myWisely app or the website and look for the Upgrade button.

Learn more about upgrade features

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Got Wisely Direct or an upgraded Wisely Pay Card?

You’re eligible to get tax refunds via direct deposit. Get started now by accessing your account information.

Faster funding claim is based on a comparison of our policy of making funds available upon receipt of payment instruction versus the typical banking practice of posting funds at settlement. Fraud prevention restrictions may delay availability of funds with or without notice. Early availability of funds requires payor's support of direct deposit and is subject to the timing of payor’s payment instruction. 4 days faster funding claim is limited to federal government benefit funds. IRS processing times will not be affected. For up-to-date information from the IRS, visit https://www.irs.gov/refunds. ACH load limits will apply. To view your load limits, view the Limits Table on the myWisely^® app or mywisely.com.
Please allow up to 3 weeks for funds to be loaded to the card after initial setup of direct deposit to your card.
If you have a Wisely Pay card or Wisely Cash card (see back of your card), access to certain features or loading funds from sources other than the company you received your card through requires an upgrade, which you can request in the myWisely app. Requesting an upgrade will automatically initiate an identity verification process utilizing your personal information already on file which must be validated in order to upgrade. Card may be restricted or closed if your identity cannot be verified. Upgrade may not be available to all cardholders. If you have a Wisely Direct card (see back of card), you're already upgraded.
While this feature is available without a fee, certain other transaction fees and costs, terms, and conditions are associated with the use of this card. Please log in to the myWisely^® app or mywisely.com to see your cardholder agreement and list of all fees for more information.
Additional terms and third-party fees may apply. Please log in to the myWisely^® app or mywisely.com to see your cardholder agreement and list of all fees for more information.
eGift Card cash back offers are powered by Blackhawk Network and range from 2% - 12%, depending on the gift card that is purchased. Cash Back amounts will be disclosed before you select a gift card. Please review the Terms and Conditions of each eGift card product before purchase. Funds from all Rewards can be moved from the Wisely Rewards savings envelope into the available balance on your card. You must log in to myWisely to access the Rewards feature for eGift cards. These optional offers are not a Fifth Third Bank, Pathward, or [Mastercard, Visa] product or service, nor does Fifth Third Bank, Pathward or [Mastercard, Visa] endorse this offer.
Amounts transferred to your savings envelope will no longer appear in your available balance. You can transfer money from your savings envelope back to your available balance using the myWisely^® app or at mywisely.com.
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Get your tax refund up to 4 days early.

It’s your tax refund.Put it to work for you.