Forage Technology Corporation Inc. has partnered with Adyen NV to enable Adyen merchants in the United States to accept SNAP EBT payments. Some 42 million U.S. consumers receive the benefits.
SNAP, short for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal assistance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service that provides food benefits to low-income individuals and families.
San Francisco-based Forage will support mixed-basket flows, secure PIN entry for purchases, and EBT-specific refund handling for Adyen merchants. Mixed-basket flows occur when a shopper purchases SNAP-eligible groceries, such as food, and non-eligible items, such as soap, as part of the same transaction. In these instances, shoppers pay with their EBT card for the eligible portion and use another payment method for the rest, without having to separate items at the register and purchase them separately.