A nationwide outage was reported Sunday with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, leaving more than a million people without the ability to use their Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to make payments at retail stores. Agencies in Massachusetts and South Carolina reported Sunday that customers cannot make purchases with their EBT cards. The South Carolina Department of Social Services posted Sunday that it is aware of EBT card processing issues due to a “third-party processing outage affecting programs in multiple states.” The department later tweeted that all systems were restored, resolving the processing issues. SECRET SERVICE RETURNS $286 MILLION IN FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED SBA COMMUNITY RELIEF LOANS A sign accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which are used by state welfare agencies to issue benefits, is displayed at a grocery store in Oakland, California, on December 4, 2019. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty images) The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance also tweeted that processing of EBT cards in the state was affected, but later said the issue had been resolved. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT FOX BUSINESS DownDetector reported a significant increase in EBT card outages Sunday morning and early afternoon, but they decreased throughout the afternoon. FOX Business has reached out to the United States Department of Agriculture for comment.
