Payment apps and touch screens have made it easy for merchants to ask us for preset gratuity amounts. We don’t need to succumb to the pressure.
Category: Mobile Commerce and Payments
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India Embraces Digital Payments Over Cash, Even for a 10-Cent Chai
India’s homegrown instant payment system has remade commerce and pulled millions into the formal economy.
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Easy to Use, Mobile Payment Apps Are Also Easy to Misuse
While they have taken steps to help prevent mishaps, a new report finds they offer few protections if, for instance, users accidentally send money to the wrong person.
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I.R.S. Delays Tax Change for Users of Venmo, Cash App and Other Digital Wallets
Users who receive income through digital payments will have another year before having to comply with a new tax rule that had sowed confusion and concern.
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New I.R.S. Rules for Online Sales Sow Fears About Surprise Tax Bills
Users of digital wallets and e-commerce platforms like Venmo, CashApp, Etsy and StubHub must start reporting small transactions.
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Zelle Fraud Victims Are in Line to Receive Reimbursements
A rule change planned for early next year would shift liability for some losses onto the banks, not their customers.
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Elizabeth Warren Singles Out Wells Fargo for ‘Alarming Pattern’ of Zelle Fraud
Customers’ claims have risen sharply in recent years and exceed the rate reported by other large banks, the senator said in a letter to the bank’s leader.