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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

Apple Pay, Cash App, and other digital wallets will be regulated more like banks now

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Apple Pay, Cash App, and other digital wallets will be regulated more like banks now

www.theverge.com

alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago
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These providers will have to follow the same rules as banks.
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    Do people store their money in these things? I use Google pay quite often, but it draws the money from the bank at the time of payment

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      It will give the CFPB the authority to oversee their compliance with federal laws surrounding privacy, fraud, and other rules through “proactive examinations.”

      It’s to help stop scams, not for people trying to use them as a bank or something.

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