ebonychimera asked:

Oh oh. Square Cash I can do. I've been actually using that as an alternate payment method for commissions. :3

forbiddenflora answered:

oh cool! I haven’t like actually looked into how it works yet but vee was telling me it does work and is a decent alternative? I hope it’s easy to use!

i haven’t actually used it myself yet but i am frankly amazed they pulled this off

  • write an email to someone
  • put $50 or whatever as the subject
  • cc cash@square.com
  • the first time, it will ask you both to give debit card (nb: must be debit) details
  • in less than 48 hours money moves
  • there is no fee
  • there is no username/password
  • they don’t ever keep the money in yet another account (which is why it has to be a debit card)

so, you know, fuck paypal

downsides are

  • surprise, it only works in the US. more specifically, only in the 50 US states. and for some reason HI and TN can’t send money at the moment. i assume they are working on improving this, but everyone seems to have trouble with international finances.
  • you need a checking account. but if you don’t have a checking account you should probably get one. (i have a bunch of Simple invites!)
  • you can only send $250 in a week. if you give them your name and DOB and last four of SSN, it goes up to $2500.
  • you should probably make sure you have a really good email passphrase

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