Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHomeowner narrowly saves trees from removal scamwww.wsmv.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down16
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkHomeowner narrowly saves trees from removal scamwww.wsmv.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoOh wow, how interesting… I’ve definitely never seen that in the US
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt’s called Zelle. We have it, it just isn’t as ubiquitous.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI only know Zelle as the scammer’s app of choice. How does Zelle make money?
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThey charge the vendor/bank for the service. And sell your purchase history. (Exactly, it must be said, the same way Visa et al make money.)
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months ago They charge the vendor/bank for the service. According to my research, they do not. That’s the whole reason it was put forward in the first place.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoYou don’t get out much or you live in BFE. Plenty of restaurants bring you a QR code on the check. I’d much prefer to do that than to hand my card off to a stranger to do god-knows-what with for 5-10 minutes in the back room.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months ago Plenty of restaurants bring you a QR code on the check. Live in a big city and I’ve never noticed. I’d much prefer to do that than to hand my card off to a stranger to do god-knows-what with for 5-10 minutes in the back room. Sure if they have it. Although some places have tap to pay now.
Oh wow, how interesting…
I’ve definitely never seen that in the US
It’s called Zelle. We have it, it just isn’t as ubiquitous.
Or a debit card…
I only know Zelle as the scammer’s app of choice.
How does Zelle make money?
They charge the vendor/bank for the service.
And sell your purchase history. (Exactly, it must be said, the same way Visa et al make money.)
According to my research, they do not.
That’s the whole reason it was put forward in the first place.
You don’t get out much or you live in BFE. Plenty of restaurants bring you a QR code on the check.
I’d much prefer to do that than to hand my card off to a stranger to do god-knows-what with for 5-10 minutes in the back room.
Live in a big city and I’ve never noticed.
Sure if they have it. Although some places have tap to pay now.