A lawsuit says New York failed to protect its most vulnerable citizens from widespread electronic theft of the food benefits.

Moving the commonwealth’s 670,000 SNAP households to new cards is going to require a minimum of several months’ work, and — at the current rate of theft — each month means another $1 ...

California budgeted $50 million for the transition to chip EBT cards. In New York, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, who represents the 34th district in Queens, said it would likely cost ...

SNAP benefit recipients use debit cards with a magnetic strip and PIN rather than the more secure chip cards that have been ... Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed FY26 budget includes $3.2 million ...

If her Lone Star card had that chip, her benefits would’ve likely never been accessed by bad actors. “There was $3.42 left on my card,” she said.

ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 17, 2024--X9 has updated the USDA SNAP card standard to include chip-on-card technology, preventing fraud, with the option to use NFC for payment connection.

In November, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture sent Oregon Governor Tina Kotek a letter encouraging the transition to SNAP chip cards to prevent fraud.

Transitional Assistance Commissioner Jeff McCue told lawmakers the administration will be asking for money for EBT cards in a supplemental budget, but it won’t be for the replacement of stole… ...

ERIE, Pa. (WJET/WFXP) — People are continuing to seek answers after some Pennsylvanians say their SNAP benefit funds were stolen. The main culprit? A device known as a card skimmer is thought… ...

SNAP provides monthly benefits for tens of millions of recipients, ... California and Oklahoma are the first states to begin distributing chip-enabled EBT cards to food stamp recipients, ...

- Many families rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table, but the money is often stolen from their EBT card in another state. It’s a problem FOX13 has been digging into for nearly two years.

In the past, many people have been able to file a report with their state agency and get reimbursed for their stolen SNAP benefits, formally known as food stamps, but that law expired in December ...