Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collection baskets at two Central Valley-area Catholic churches have gone high-tech, with credit card readers strapped to their ...

Collection baskets at two Central Valley-area Catholic churches have gone high-tech, with credit card readers strapped to their sides so parishioners can tap in $20 or $40 donations as the baskets are ...

Father Didier Duverne demonstrates how the contactless card payments device works in a collection basket at the Saint Francois de Molitor church in Paris, Thursday, Jan.18, 2018. Now the Catholic ...

FRESNO, Calif. — Collection baskets at two Central Valley-area Catholic churches have gone high-tech, with credit card readers strapped to their sides so parishioners can tap in $20 or $40 donations ...

Diocese of Fresno piloted card readers at two parishes and reported donation rises. Parishes fitted card readers on baskets ($20, $40) and kiosks (also $25, $50, $100). Younger, cashless worshippers ...