Re: Will Square ever be able to accept Electronic Benefit Card (EBT) payments?
Posted
05-10-2018
For those who might be interested, here is our set-up for EBT.
We use a third party company for running EBT, which has a card reader and a pinpad. The companies vary by state, we use FIS.
We hold an Arizona restaurant/hot meals EBT license and can accept just about everything on EBT except energy drinks and retail items like coffee mugs or keychains.
We use the code "E" in the notes section to be able to track which sales are EBT. We still record everything in Square so that we have data for all sales in one place.
Here are the steps we provide for our cashiers.
Remove non-eligible retail items from ticket for a separate transaction. Tell the customer “I will ring these up separately for you.”
Remove tax from ticket.
Take payment on EBT machine for total of eligible items and offer customer receipt.
What you can do is run the transaction thru square and use the Other payment in square register while accepting payment and then run the EBT card in a seperate EBT terminal
Hi @Matt2. While I don't have any updates to share at this time, I'll be sure to share your interest for this feature with our product liaison team. Thanks for reaching out!
Our market uses an iPad app from Novo Dia Group, Mobile Market + the processor is World Pay. It accepts a Pin and we have a Bluetooth printer. We also enter the amount in Square Register (as cash) under an EBT category. Each vendor is an item. I run a report and know how much each vendor is owed. Would love to see Square accept EBT.
Thanks for the example, @SanfordFarmers, hopefully that's a workable solution for other sellers too. We'll update here if anything changes on our side!
I am also looking to have this feature for a client that is opening a bakery and comparing POS options that work with QBO. Food stamps and WIC acceptance would be ideal.
