Forage, founded with a mission to streamline payments for government benefits, focuses on enabling businesses to accept such benefits through a unified API. The company primarily targets the 42 million Americans who rely on government assistance programs like SNAP to purchase groceries. By offering cloud-based EBT payment solutions, Forage aims to create a seamless and secure checkout experience for both businesses and consumers, starting with enabling EBT SNAP online transactions.
Notably, Forage is one of only three USDA-approved payment providers for processing EBT payments. The company boasts rapid certification processes facilitated by an in-house team of SNAP experts, ensuring businesses can quickly get approved by the USDA. With a proven reliability record and pre-built components that simplify integration, Forage has significantly impacted the financial infrastructure supporting government benefits, making it easier for businesses to serve shoppers who depend on these programs.
