Oh oh. Square Cash I can do. I've been actually...

Nov 24 2013

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

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