1. ABCOPAD & MinistryLINQ Together We Serve

2. The Need for Online Giving Only 14% of Protestant churches offer online giving, but 86% of those under 35 say they prefer to give online 51% of donors age 60 have given online In 2013, Faith-based nonprofits had the biggest increase in online giving 40% of money passing through consumers wallets today is in the form or cash or check, however that percentage is predicted to shrink by 50% by 2017 ·30% Sundays missed by "regular" church attenders http://thecharisgroup.org/2013/04/02/what-the-decline-in-check-writing-will-mean-for-your-church/ Blackbaud Index http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/01/12/real-time-charitable-giving/

3. Decline of checks

4. No Checking Account 21% of consumers with incomes less than $30,000 a year Neither do about a fifth of those younger than 40 Overall, 10% of U.S. households don’t have a checking account Some major banks completely eliminating paper checks – Bank of America – CitiBank At the current rate of decline, checks would be extinct by 2026 http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/checking/digital-payments-drive-declining/ http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/citi-eliminates-paper-checks-for-some-as-mobile-banking-grows http://www.businessinsider.com/the-death-of-the-paper-check-2013-3