Government Agencies
The ITS® Government Benefits Card is an innovative way to distribute government payments to unbanked recipients through Electronic Benefits Transfer of funds. The ITS Benefits Card allows your agency to utilize Direct Deposit, which is by far the cheapest and most efficient method to distribute cash aid. And the recipients do not need a checking account, which has been a big obstacle for government agencies that want to use Direct Deposit. With the ITS Benefits Card, your cash aid participants get a fully-branded Visa®, MasterCard® or Discover® debit card that they can use to pay bills, withdraw cash, transfer funds, and make purchases with cash back options.
“The ITS Government Benefits card is a cost-effective alternative to providing claims and public benefits with a paper check.”
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) is an electronic system that allows a recipient to authorize transfer of their government benefits from a Federal account to a retailer account to pay for products received. EBT is currently being used in many States to issue food stamp and other benefits. EBT has been implemented in all States since June of 2004.
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