Winners / 2021

Carat

By: Fiserv
Silver

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Award Category: Social Innovation

Award Sub-Category: Social Leadership Platforms

Through the Carat omnichannel commerce ecosystem, Fiserv is enabling the 40 million Americans receiving Supplemental Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards to purchase groceries online for the first time. Via proprietary PIN-on-glass technology, benefit recipients are able to digitally input a PIN to validate transactions via a grocer’s ecommerce site.

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