How do you pay with ebt on instacart

NEW YORK, NY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Grocery delivery services Instacart and Target Corp's (TGT.N) Shipt said on Wednesday they will expand their payment methods for low-income U.S. shoppers in line with the White House's efforts to ramp up healthy eating and curtail diet-related diseases.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans to end hunger in the country and increase healthy eating initiatives by 2030. As part of the initiative, the Biden administration wants to update regulations that allow online shopping with programs such as food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

Instacart, which has allowed food stamps or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card purchases for the last two years for certain grocers, said in a statement that it plans to include TANF next year, and is also pushing to offer food stamp payments to all grocery partners.

More than 21.4 million U.S. households use food stamps, with nearly 3 million of the families ordering their groceries online, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food stamps restrict shoppers to nonalcoholic beverages, cold food items, seeds and plants.

Expanding payment options for low-income shoppers could help the delivery platforms lure low-income grocery shoppers away from Walmart.com WMT.N and Amazon.com , which also have food stamp payment options.

More than 783,000 homes receive TANF cash benefits, which help families purchase toiletries and other essential items.

Instacart's TANF addition will cover non-grocery items and service and delivery fees, which are not covered by SNAP EBT benefits. The company previously waived its $3.99 delivery fees for food stamp purchases.

Shipt shoppers will also be able to pay for orders with SNAP EBT in 2023. The delivery company currently powers grocery retailer Meijer's website and allows food stamp payments through that platform. Target.com customers can make grocery purchases online with SNAP EBT and their deliveries are powered by Shipt.

Shipt Chief Executive Kamau Witherspoon told Reuters that the delivery service is aiming to launch its expanded programs in early 2023.

"To make an impact on food security here in the U.S., it truly is an all-hands-on-deck type of problem," Witherspoon said. "From local government to federal government, public sector and private sector, it's going to take all of us to come together to solve this issue."

Shipt does not currently offer any WIC or TANF payment options. Instacart does not currently offer WIC payments. Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer, is participating in a WIC online pilot program through the USDA; however, the company did not announce any expansions to its current offerings for low-income shoppers on Wednesday.

Amazon provides discounted Prime memberships of $6.99 per month to subscribers participating in government assistance programs. However, the subscriptions cannot be paid for directly with the benefits. Amazon Prime membership is usually $14.99 per month.

SNAP EBT Amazon shoppers also receive additional discounts of up to 15% off on select meat, produce and toiletries purchased at Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods.

Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether the companies have any announcements related to the White House health initiatives.

Reporting by Arriana McLymore; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Jonathan Oatis

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We accept many forms of payment—all major U.S. and Canada credit and debit cards, EBT cards at participating stores in select states*, China UnionPay, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. At this time, Instacart doesn’t offer an Instacart-specific credit card.

For quick and convenient checkout, you can save your preferred payment method to your account.

We're sorry for the inconvenience as we're currently not able to accept:

• PayPal
• Cash
• Store gift cards
• EBT cards at select retailers
• International payments
• Any other forms of payment not listed as accepted above

*For a full list of participating stores and states that accept EBT cards, check out our SNAP via EBT card article (U.S. only).

Add a payment method

You can add payment methods at any time—before, after, or while placing an order.

To add a payment on the Instacart website—

1. At the top left, click the 3 horizontal lines
2. Click Account settings
3. Select Payment methods
4. Click Add next to the payment method you would like to add to your account
5. Enter card information and billing address. Then click Continue

To add a payment in the Instacart app—

1. When you log in, tap the three horizontal lines in the top left-hand corner
   
2. Tap Your account settings
3. Tap Payment methods
4. Tap the pencil icon in the upper right-hand corner
5. Enter card information and billing address. Then tap Save

For help adding an EBT card to your account, check out this Managing your EBT card on your account article (U.S. only).

If you need to update a previous payment method, you must remove it from your account and then add it again with the correct payment information.

Remove a payment method

To remove a payment method on the Instacart website—

1. At the top left, click the 3 horizontal lines
2. Click Account settings
3. Select Payment methods 
4. Click Delete next to the payment method you want to remove

In the app—

1. Tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top left-hand corner
2. Tap Your account settings
3. Tap Payment methods
4. Remove a card by either—
   • Swiping your finger left over the card you want to remove. Then tap Delete or
   • Tap the pencil icon in the upper right-hand corner. Then tap the red circle on the left-hand side next to the card you want to remove. Then tap Delete

For help removing an EBT card from your account, check out this Managing your EBT card on your account article (U.S. only).

Change payment for an order

Everyone makes mistakes. When you realize too late that you’ve picked the wrong form of payment, you can move the charges on orders you’ve already placed to a different payment method. Here’s how—

1. First, you must wait until after the order is delivered.
2. Make sure the card you’d like to use is already added to your account.
3. Contact Instacart Care to give us the last 4 digits of the card you’d like to move the charges to.

Please note—we’ll need to issue a refund for the original form of payment before the new charges apply to the updated form of payment. This could take 5-10 business days to process.

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