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

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Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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IRS: Stimulus Card Isn’t Junk Mail

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The Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) wants to make sure you don’t throw out your prepaid $1,200 government stimulus debit card. Many people have done that, thinking the cards are junk mail and discarding them, according to MarketWatch. On Twitter, numerous people have shed light on the issue.

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IRS Wants To Make Sure You Don’t Throw Out Your Stimulus Payment Card

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The Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) wants to make sure you don’t throw out your prepaid $1,200 government stimulus debit card. Many people have done that, thinking the cards are junk mail and discarding them, according to MarketWatch. On Twitter, numerous people have shed light on the issue.

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Navigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax

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Online delivery services might levy taxes on food charges, or on the combined total of the amount charged for the food, fees and delivery charges — resulting in significantly different taxes collected. There’s the standard model illuminated by the local pizza shop: Pick up the phone, place the order and charge the amount to a credit card.

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How Online Platforms Are ‘Gamifing’ Mobile Bill Payments

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Against that backdrop, Florida-based startup Adfone , which has developed a carrier loyalty and monetization platform, said last month that it had closed on a $7.5 The carriers preload the Adfone platform onto devices or SIM cards. “We’re million seed funding round. Adfone white labels its platform under carriers’ brands.

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CITGO Launches Check Card With ZipLine

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. “The CITGO Check Card accomplishes both of those objectives,” Alan Flagg, assistant vice president of supply and marketing at CITGO, said in a release. Florida-based ZipLine is known for being a mobile and card-based consumer ACH payments company leading in the convenience store space.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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