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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pushpay targets church payment niche
This story was originally published on Payments Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Payments Dive newsletter. The payments company Pushpay has a clientele that makes it stand out from its industry peers. Rather than processing purchases for for-profit companies, the Redmond, Washington-based firm handles donations to faith-based non-profits. Pushpay CEO Kenny Wyatt explained this month how the Redmond, Washington-based company moved to the U.S. and settled on this niche customer base after being founded by New Zealanders Chris Heaslip and Eliot Crowther in 2011. Wyatt joined the company last year and became CEO last month. The vast majority of the company's customers are churches, he said. A Pushpay spokesperson declined to say what the company charges customers in monthly and transaction fees. In a May 9 interview, Wyatt noted that processing donations is different from handling other kinds of transactions, such as credit card purchases. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. PAYMENTS DIVE: Tell me how Pushpay got started. KENNY WYATT: We were founded primarily as a payments provider focused on faith-based organizations as well as nonprofits, and we've continued to grow and move into more pieces of that category. Our church management system pairs churches with donations. We've also moved into streaming content, streaming media. We work with some of the largest churches in the United States. We serve about 15,000 churches preliminary across the U.S. Can you tell me a little bit about the history of your company? Our U.S. headquarters is here [in Redmond, Washington]. We were founded in New Zealand. The founders both came from New Zealand, but since the vast majority of our customers are here in the U.S., we consider the Great Northwest our home. Can you talk a bit more about the services you provide? I'll start with the software side. If you're an executive pastor for a church, what you care deeply about is connection. Who is walking through your front door, or who is watching you on a livestream? How do you create a connection? Sunday services, Wednesday services, running child check-ins, the volunteer schedule, the people database — organizing those things, that's the software piece of it. But the church all started around the congregants who walk in the front door [and donate to the church], and that's where the payments piece picks up. As they are in the service, or even outside of the service, they use the payments platform to process credit card donations or ACH donations. Do churches only see cash, credit card or ACH donations? Congregants can process crypto as well as other non-cash gifts [such as stock in a company]. Are stock and crypto donations common? It's a small total, but it does represent the largest gifts. We're seeing quite a few donations come through crypto. While it's a small percentage of total donation volume, it's multiples of cash or credit card gifts. How do you make money? The insights we can provide, people data, donation data, taking in the processes by which the church is operating and helping them do that better, that is worth something to them. [We charge] a monthly fee, and that gives them rich insights about their congregants. And then on the payments side, we are a payments business, so depending on the type of payment, we're collecting a very small fee. But it's making it much easier for the church to be able to collect donations and fund its ministry. Is processing donations different from processing payments for for-profit companies? The interface can be a bit different. If you're sitting at a service and there is a giving moment, there are multiple ways you can give. One is a recurring gift that you can set up on ACH or a credit card. One is a QR code, which is for new joiners or new congregants. Another is to be able to interact through a website or through a giving platform. We just launched Tap to Give [which lets congregants donate by tapping a button on a mobile app] a couple of weeks ago. Apple Pay has been adopted pretty heavily by many of our churches because of the ease of giving through the phone. There are a multitude of ways that congregants will engage that are different from swiping a credit card Recommended Reading BNPL growth prompts change from credit bureaus
Malay Mail
16 hours ago
- General
- Malay Mail
Jakim files police report, alerts MCMC on scam using Musa'adah Fund's name for illegal donations
KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has lodged a police report and notified the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) regarding the existence of a scam syndicate fraudulently using the name of the Jakim-Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia (YWM) Musa'adah Fund to collect donations illegally. Jakim director-general Datuk Dr Sirajuddin Suhaimee said the report was made to enable investigations and firm action to be taken under the relevant legal provisions. 'Jakim takes seriously public complaints regarding the existence of a scam syndicate misusing the name of the Jakim-YWM Musa'adah Fund for unauthorised fundraising purposes. 'For the record, Jakim has never appointed nor engaged in any form of collaboration with any individual or company to represent Jakim in collecting donations for the Musa'adah Fund,' he said in a statement yesterday. Sirajuddin also urged all parties to remain vigilant against the existence of such syndicates. 'Such irresponsible acts undoubtedly tarnish the good name of religious affairs agencies. Jakim remains committed to ensuring all forms of exploitation against the public are eradicated, to guarantee a peaceful, harmonious and just society,' he said. — Bernama
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Mountain City church raises $600,000 towards rebuild process
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)—Located just off Highway 421 in Mountain City, Antioch Baptist Church had stood strong since its construction in 1942 until it was washed away in September during Hurricane Helene. 'The rain stopped and me and my wife had come to town and seen some of the damage,' said Pastor Mike Fenner. 'But [we] hadn't come up to the church. So I got a text from a lady, a friend of ours, who said, 'Sorry about the church.' And we didn't know what she was talking about. She said, 'It's gone.'' Everything, including the building and the pavement, was washed downstream. The church has a smaller congregation, which led Fenner to wonder how they would raise the funds to rebuild. That's when a nearby ministry stepped in. Cattle stolen from Glade Spring farm, reward offered 'Operation Renewed Hope, a ministry out of North Carolina, reached out to me and said they would like to help,' Fenner said. 'They actually put our story and pictures of our church on the internet, and all around the world, people saw what had happened. And people began to, obviously, pray for us and send in money.' Thanks to a series of donations, the church has raised $600,000. Fenner said he was amazed at the generosity. 'The day after the flood, I'm sitting at home discouraged,' he said. 'Thinking about how me and 35 people could do this. And God showed me that he's still in control and he owns it all.' Fenner adds that he's grateful that only the building was damaged. 'We can rebuild buildings,' he said. 'No one below us here was hurt, and we're just thankful for that. That's the most important thing.' Fenner said he still can't believe the church is closer to being rebuilt. 'We didn't know that that was going to happen,' he said. 'But we have a great opportunity to be a light and show people that by the Grace of God, we can rebuild.' Fenner said they hope to begin the rebuild process in the next few weeks. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
a day ago
- General
- CBC
Local Manitoba organizations collect donations to help fire victims
The wildfire emergency is forcing thousands of people out of their homes. Many of those people only had time to pack a small bag of their belongings before they fled. Now some Manitoba organizations are stepping in to help by collecting donations from the community .
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Sheboygan County Food Bank campaign set to feed kids this summer. Here's how to help.
SHEBOYGAN – The Sheboygan County Food Bank has launched its third annual Fund Food for Thought crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 for the Food for Thought for Kids program. As of May 29, over $37,000 has been raised for Fund Food for Thought 2025, which is over one-third of the goal. But time is ticking, and a big June push could help them meet the goal. The program partners with 26 local schools to provide children at risk of hunger with a bag of 10 nutritious food items each weekend. For the 2025-26 school year, 150 more children need support, a 30% increase that would ensure 650 kids don't go hungry on weekends. The food bank said it costs $6.25 to provide food for one child for one weekend. SCFB aims to raise $100,000 by June 30, and a benefit comes from a donation match. The Black Spring Foundation will match donations up to $100,000. A campaign video, donation button and progress toward the goal can be viewed at Donations can be made through the website; or by mail or in person at Sheboygan County Food Bank, 3115 N. 21st St., Suite 1, Sheboygan, WI 53083. If sending by mail or donating in person, write "Fund Food for Thought" on the check memo or include a note. People interested in donating can choose to dedicate in honor or in memory of a teacher, parent, coach or other special person who has positively impacted them or their child, the food bank said. Don't miss out! Get notifications: Accessing local journalism is even easier with the Sheboygan Press app Suggested donations for the campaign range from $6.25 to $1,062.50 and have a tangible impact. Here's a breakdown: $6.25 feeds one child for one weekend; $12.50 feeds two children for one weekend; $31.25 feeds five children for one weekend; $53 feeds one child for one quarter; $106.25 feeds one child for one semester; $212.50 feeds one child for the entire school year; and $1,062.50 feeds five children for the entire school year. The food bank said building momentum will be critical to reaching the campaign's goal and spreading the word through social media will be "fundamental to its success." People can follow SCFB on Instagram, Facebook and X (Twitter) to stay up to date on goal progress and share posts. Posters are also available to put up at businesses or organizations. Read more: When are Sheboygan-area high school graduation ceremonies? Here are the 2025 dates. Contact Lauren at lauren@ to receive a poster and for any questions related to getting involved with the campaign. The SCFB can also be reached at 920-453-0169. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Contact Brandon Reid at breid@ This article originally appeared on Sheboygan Press: Sheboygan County Food Bank campaign help for summer food for area kids
