Square launches Square Cash(squareup.com)
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Square launches Square Cash
https://squareup.com/news/releases/2013/square_cash_makes_sending_money_easy
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If it's really free and remains so, it'll be cool. Oddly enough, I'm in a tiny little niche market where there are a few folks who've had really nasty experiences with eBay, and hence refuse to do business through PayPal. The accepted alternative right now is they send me a check, but this thing looks like a good alternative.
This will be very handy indeed for a number of circumstances, for the low, low price of free.
Trust is a big issue though, people know paypal (mostly from ebay), merchants and techies know and generally trust square so getting that hurdle cleared will be a big deal.
I'll use it though for sure. An overseas option for cheaper than my bank (around $30 once everyone has had their slice), competitive with Xoom and I can see a lot of expats using this.
Trust is a big issue though, people know paypal (mostly from ebay), merchants and techies know and generally trust square so getting that hurdle cleared will be a big deal.
I'll use it though for sure. An overseas option for cheaper than my bank (around $30 once everyone has had their slice), competitive with Xoom and I can see a lot of expats using this.
Already posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6557394
I was going to look for the 3-5% fee and be snarky. Free. OMG. done done done. For as long as it's free to .5% holy sheet.
Where did you get the .5% figure?
Really valid alternative to Venmo (soon to be owned by Paypal through the Braintree acquisition)
Seems to be USA only?