Mobile technology has the ability to ease access to EBT, simplify benefit distribution, eliminate the stigma that consumers attach to payments made with EBT cards and further reduce fraud, as we’ve discussed. The problem is that many EBT recipients lack the resources to own a smartphone. Fortunately, smart technology is leveling the playing field and eliminating the hurdle that smartphones can represent.
Facilitating payments without a smartphone
More than 80 percent of those below the....