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YoThatsFed OP t1_j5yi8zn wrote

Reply to comment by Sentsuizan in The transition to digital currency is terrible for homeless people. by YoThatsFed

Are you saying you can do contactless payments from a Cash App balance on your phone?

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Sentsuizan t1_j5yirzw wrote

That's exactly right

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YoThatsFed OP t1_j5yq5wy wrote

Wow that’s actually very useful, I didn’t know that. I’m not sure if shops in the UK accept Cash App Pay as I’ve never seen it and can’t find anything about it online, but definitely very useful to the homeless population in the USA and hopefully something that gets adopted more here.

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Sentsuizan t1_j5yymhi wrote

Well, I'm pretty sure cash app recently expanded to the UK and besides it's not the only online payment out there if they take an American Visa card then they will likely take cash app

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YoThatsFed OP t1_j5z1dgn wrote

We primarily use PayPal but I’m not aware of a way to use that to pay in stores either.

Stores tend to accept any major debit/credit cards, and Apple and Google pay.

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Sentsuizan t1_j5z2x3u wrote

Here you can simply add your PayPal account to your Google Pay or Apple pay wallet and it just works. It's what I use pretty much every time I'd tap to pay these days

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YoThatsFed OP t1_j5z6ngt wrote

That’s super cool, Googling about that shows only results for PayPal and Google Pay in the US making me think it’s another USA only thing. Just goes to shows there is ways that it can be used to help homeless people they’re just not widespread enough yet I suppose.

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