What is direct deposit?
Direct deposit allows you to directly transfer your regularly scheduled funds into a bank account or accounts you specify. With direct deposit, you can make regular, automatic deposits to one or more of your accounts, giving you faster access to your funds, and helping you track spending over time and manage expenses more easily.
Why sign up?
How to set up direct deposit
Download and complete the Payroll Direct Deposit Form
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- Provide the Payroll Direct Deposit form to your employer’s payroll or Human Resources department.
- Your employer will handle setting up direct deposits to the account(s) you specify in the form.
Have your account information ready
- 9-Digit Bank routing number: 221172186
- Your People's United Bank account number
Your checks show both the Bank's routing and account number as a sequence as follow:

You can also find your account numbers by:
- Accessing eStatements
- Reviewing your printed statement
Frequently Asked Questions
- Payroll checks
- Social Security checks
You can make direct deposits to one or more of your People’s United Bank deposit accounts, including:
- Checking
- Savings
- Money Market
- Your People’s United Bank account number(s)
- Your People’s United Bank routing number: 221172186
- Optional: A voided check so your employer can verify your bank information. Write VOID in large letters across the check, using a pen and covering lines so that nothing else can be written in.
The timing for setting up direct deposit with a new account depends on your employer. It can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
Visit the Social Security Administration website for more details.
Online Banking
With People’s United Online Banking, you have secure 24/7 access to bank when you want, where you want. Online Banking makes it easy to:
- View account balances
- Pay and schedule bills
- Transfer money
Simplify your life with online bill pay
On April 2, 2022, People's United Bank, N.A. merged into M&T Bank. It is now part of M&T Bank and its former branches and most services will operate as the People's United division of M&T Bank until we complete the integration of our systems later in 2022. M&T Bank is a Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender and Equal Opportunity Lender.