EFT commercial infrastructures and implications for EBT
- Year:
- 1994
- Subject:
- Food stamps -- United States -- Technological innovations, Electronic funds transfers -- United States, Electronic benefits transfers -- United States, electronic equipment, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, technology, and United States
- Abstract:
- This report examines nine current issues shaping the discussion of how expanded food stamp EBT could build on the existing commercial infrastructure. Addresses the following questions: does on-line debit point-of-sale continue to represent the best means of building food stamp program EBT on a large scale; what are the major business issues; what are the major technical issues; are the EFT networks and third party processors critical to effectively building on the existing EFT infrastructure to support food stamp EBT; how well equipped is the FNS authorized food retailer base to support expanded food stamp EBT; what are issues in retrofitting existing terminals; what are the implications for transaction pricing; can settlement and reconciliation procedures of EFT processors serve as a guideline for a multi-state EBT solution; what current trends in the EFT infrastructure are shaping the EBT stakeholders of the future?
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
- Collection:
- USDA publications