EFT Commercial Infrastructures and Implications for EBT. Technical Report No. 2:An Assessment of the Current On-Line Debit Capabilities of Food Stamp Authorized Retailers in Twelve Geographic Areas of the Country through the Application of Geographic Info

摘要

The issue of building on the existing commercial on-line debit infrastructure tosupport Food Stamp electronic benefit transfer (EBT) has received considerable attention among the EBT stakeholders including government agencies, the food retailer community, and especially the electronic funds transfer (EFT) industry. The report presents the results of a study of twelve major metropolitan areas and their current on-line debit capabilities. For each area, schematic diagrams illustrate the common ways in which on-line debit transactions are currently processed. Through the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, the report includes detailed maps illustrating the point of sale (POS) and non-POS capable authorized food retailer base.