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We often hear of stories in the news that a local pizza shop has an option for people to "Pay it Forward" by putting sticky notes on the wall with the amount they gave for homeless people to eat with. Even the MTA allows people to swipe others in with their unlimited cards. If we could take these acts of kindness and combine them with an electronic money transfer system like Venmo or QuickPay, people could give larger amount of money at a time. For example, if I go to pay for my milk at my local farmers market, that store could have a collaboration with the Venmo or QuickPay that allows me to transfer an amount for the homeless and those in need. While I only see this working on a smaller scale, it will encourage people to give more money to pay forward than they usually do. It is already apparent with the quantity of people who choose to take part in these things that having that option available will encourage people to donate. With that fact and the ease of not having