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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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The latest such move came from Instacart and ALDI, which announced they would allow customers to pay for same-day delivery or pick up food orders using their EBT SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cards. In May, global payments processor and FinTech Fiserv announced it was also taking part in the USDA’s pilot program.

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand

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FinTech : Amid JPMorgan Chief Jamie Dimon’s letter to investors — heavy on the cautionary statements about America and its domestic challenges — one eye-popping stat stood out. In the stock market, sometimes sizzlers keep sizzling, especially when online sales are in the offing. Visa, it should be noted, has 2.5

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Bank to the Future

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Text messaging (especially with speech-to-text), Google Maps, Yelp, Uber, Expedia, Alaska Airlines, Siri and more. And tokenization masks your card numbers from dishonest or careless shopkeepers. I just returned from 10 enjoyable days with family and friends in three U.S. cities (1). But one area that still lags is personal finance.

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Mobile: Why Smartphone Banking Usage Rates Have Stalled

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The Fed''s latest mobile banking/payments usage numbers ( full text ) were bouncing around the fintech blogosphere last week. Even then, I was shocked that its mobile app only displayed the last 20 credit card transactions. For a power user, that''s not even a full month. (It It has since expanded transaction history substantially).

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