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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

PYMNTS

a global payments provider, now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments at grocers, allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase groceries online for the first time, the Wisconsin-based company announced on Tuesday (May 5). brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations.

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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

PYMNTS

12), the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee will hold a hearing on issues top of mind in the digital realm — touching on how data and privacy affect competition online, and specifically, for online marketplaces. This Thursday (Sept. The witness list is varied and international in scope. At this writing (Sunday, Sept. The Hearing.

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Grubhub, BJ’s Restaurants And Brewhouse Announce Partnership

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Grubhub continues to expand its platform and consumer choice in online food delivery. .

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SNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles

PYMNTS

Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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CFPB issues Office of Servicemember Affairs 2019 annual report

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Complaints were received from servicemembers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the largest number of complaints coming from California, Texas, and Florida (states that the OSA pointed out have the largest veteran concentrations). In FY19, the same overall number of complaints (34,600) were submitted as in FY18.

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Building A More Compliant Cannabis Industry With The Blockchain

PYMNTS

Though marijuana has been decriminalized for medical or recreational purposes in 29 states (and the District of Columbia) and 64 percent of the polled voting population supports marijuana’s legalization, pot remains very much illegal on the federal level as a Schedule 1 narcotic. A very wide path.