Root – Programmable bank account for software developers

Re:Root – Programmable bank account for software developers by Sean1708 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:50AM (#14256816)

> Uber card: Let’s say you give your daughter R500 pocket money each month, but you’re worried she might run out of money and be unable to afford an Uber home. So you write a little code and give her a Root card that a) gives her a limit of R500 per month, and b) lets her take as many Uber rides as she needs (enabling her to spend beyond the R500, but only for Uber)

That's the one I was thinking of, note the "lets her take as many Uber rides as she needs".

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Re:Root – Programmable bank account for software developers by netsharc on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:55PM (#14259982)

Then the daughter trades Uber rides for cash.. (you can order an Uber to give a friend a ride without you needing to be in the car yourself).

I kid, the possibility of putting spending rules as code is neat.

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Re:Root – Programmable bank account for software developers by pavel_lishin on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:59AM (#14256908)

Oh, I missed that example! That is actually pretty cool.

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Re:Root – Programmable bank account for software developers by Sean1708 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:10PM (#14257057)

Yeah there's a "Press Kit" link in the footer which should definitely be more obvious because it gives a lot more info than the front page.

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