Will Square ever be able to accept Electronic Benefit Card (EBT) payments?

[MichaelJMutch]

Will Square ever be able to accept Electronic Benefit Card (EBT) (food stamps) payments?

[#2]

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.

1. Remove non-eligible retail items from ticket for a separate transaction. Tell the customer “I will ring these up separately for you.”
2. Remove tax from ticket.
3. Take payment on EBT machine for total of eligible items and offer customer receipt.
4. Choose “CHARGE” on Square.
5. Choose “OTHER PAYMENT TYPE.”
6. Type “E” in “Notes.”
7. Choose “TENDER.”

[feedandseed]

Only for Farmer's Markets, not grocery stores

[Danny2]

Why would it work at a farmer's market but not a grocery store?

[Dennis85]

I'm opening a grocery store.  i love square but might have to go with clover because they accept ebt.

Any changes coming soon?

[puka]

Hey @Dennis85 - Unfortunately, no updates to share regarding if or when this feature might be implemented at this time.

[Juan3]

Is there an update on accepting EBT cards? We need a more concrete answer than we dont have a timeline on this. 

Thanks 

[EJ_]

Hi @Juan3

Thanks for posting 👍🏼

There's nothing new to report on this as of right now. It's not something that's on our road map. 

If anything does change, we'll post a product update to let everyone know. 

[Bell1969]

pin number

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[VanKalkerFarms]

This is not a card that you can accept with Square.

[bvisnaw]

Would really like to see Square accept EBT for authorized food sales retailers.

[TheShackProduce]

How about now?  Is it in the works currently?  We are a Produce Stand and would love to be able to offer our customers EBT.