Instacart has significantly expanded its acceptance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments, as aggregators compete to unlock the spending opportunities presented by a range of benefits programs. The grocery aggregator announced Tuesday (Jan. 30) that it has broadened its SNAP...
As Uber Eats looks to reach consumers across income levels, the aggregator is gearing up to accept new kinds of payments. Uber announced Wednesday (Sept. 20) that, in 2024, the aggregator will add the ability for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)...
Grocers may want to brace for a slump as most states cut back food stamps. For all but a smattering of states, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are set to roll back to “normal” levels at the end of March, cutting away the increases...
Some 13 state agencies operating Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefit programs have implemented electronic benefits transfer (EBT) initiatives to improve the efficiency of funds distribution. However, many unknowns remain concerning the impact EBT processes have on the various stakeholders, including the agencies, their EBT...
April 05, 2024
Forage now provides retailers with an omnichannel Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing solution. The payment processor has expanded into in-store EBT processing, a service that joins the online EBT processing it has offered since 2022, Forage said in a Friday (April 5) press release emailed to PYMNTS. “Today, more than 80% of groceries are purchased in-store,” Ofek […]
