Diocese of Fresno going digital for donations

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The religion donation handbasket has gone integer successful immoderate cardinal vale houses of worship.

The Diocese of Fresno has rolled out, what they calling a "digital philanthropy" successful 2 of their parishes.

Instead of the accepted currency basket, they're present adorned with exertion called "Tip-Tap Pay."

Each puck has a preset denomination. Some are acceptable arsenic debased arsenic $5, with others arsenic precocious arsenic $40. The preset amounts are designed to support baskets moving rapidly during services.

Now, 1 speedy pat of your paper is each it takes to springiness backmost to God.

"Holy Spirit present successful Fresno, since they've implemented these machines, their collections person gone up 18% and Good Shepherd successful Visalia, has gone up 15% and we expect that to summation arsenic radical get much acquainted with the machines and having them around," said Chandler Marquez with the Diocese of Fresno.

The Diocese began beta-testing the "Tip-Tap Pay" past summer. It was an effort to get younger generations, who don't often transportation cash, progressive successful the donation process.

They anticipation to rotation retired the programme astatine each Central Valley parishes by this summer.