@sxa001 wrote:Mine hit NASA FCU today, it was a pro-rated amount. I have many mixed feelings about what I should do it (donate to a worthy charity, pay it towards my DW's SL's, or stimulate the economy by using towards stuff for the house). There are a lot of American's out there who can use the money more than me.
Charity is probably the highest impact. A local food bank or low-income health clinic would get my vote.
Tempting to sock this away into savings...
edit: just looked and mine is pending for 1/4 (small local CU).
@Remedios wrote:While I'm not getting the check, where on earth does Chase shows pending deposits?
I've never seen one
I'm screwed either way. I gave my education Tax Info to my mom for her to claim on her taxes and ending up putting me down as a dependent. :/ Doesn't seem like I'll get this one either. 
My moms credit union also shows the 4th as being available. Right now just shows pending .
As for my bank it shows nada 😔
@sxa001 I want to thank you for the charity suggestion. Great idea for using these funds. I've decided to give my $600 to GiveWell.org's Maximum Impact fund. It's not domestic, but it will support organizations that fight malaria and other parasites, incentivize childhood vaccinations, prevent vitamin A deficiency and more. All low-cost means of saving lives in the poorest areas on the globe.
I'm emblematic of the "don't need this money" camp. I was an unpaid trainee for most of 2019, so my income is low on that metric. I happened to be training for a career that became crucial to the pandemic response. Now I'm in a well-paid job, picked up a second one, been doing mass overtime as the pandemic rages. It feels right to give this money away. There's little I can do with these funds to boost the domestic safety net (the main criticism of this broad direct payment approach) so I feel okay using them in a vastly more impactful manner, even though it's outside the US.
Ours shows pending at our small local bank. 
It will probably sit in the bank until our refinance is completed, then I imagine we'll throw it at the local economy via old pick up truck repair.
We shall see.