Digital pen could reduce paperwork

By Hannah Jordan, Third Sector, 9 April 2008

A payroll giving agency is hoping to increase the amount it raises for charities by up to 8 per cent by using a new digital pen that will cut out the paperwork involved in setting up donations.

Fundraisers from Payroll Giving in Action have started using the pen to record donors' account information. It recognises the words being written on the paper and sends them via Bluetooth to a central database. Previously, such information had to be entered manually into a database, which took two weeks. The...

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