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• Laborer3652@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d rather have my credit card information on a highly secure platform like Paypal than give it out to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that asks for it on the internet.

  Even if PayPal is only “mostly” secure, I still get better security from having a smaller attack surface.

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• woodgen@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How do you send money to friends or businesses with credit card? Is there a paypal card which has its password printed on it?

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  • 0laura@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    just send them money to their bank account. it’s a lot more common in Europe.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just use a bank transfer

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  • Sc00ter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Venmo usually, but many banks have built in cash payment apps too.

    I’m 35 and never had a PayPal account and have never felt the need for one

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    • woodgen@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Obviously you can do a SEPA transfer as well, but it’s not instant and you have to type a long number and don’t have a consistently good user experience. Bank apps lack good UX. Stuff like “send this friend 5 bucks again, this is his profile picture” and are a pain to log into.

      I don’t say I like paypal or banks, i actually dont like either. But paypal is just more convenient.

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    • floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Venmo is, afaik, owned by PayPal, although they do a good job to not let on that it’s a PayPal service.

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