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Re:Square Cashtags by thesimon on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:09PM (#9253645)
The link at the bottom of the article links to

"https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcash.me&sa=D&sntz...

Does anyone know why it is done? To boost google rankings?

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Re:Square Cashtags by addandsubtract on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @04:20AM (#9255393)
Every link on the page goes through Google. I have no idea if it boosts rankings or if an intern was just too lazy to copy the right URLs, but it looks pretty sketchy...
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Re:Square Cashtags by kapsteur on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:08PM (#9253642)
The idea of sending money so simple is catchy. I can't wait to use this in Europe.
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Re:Square Cashtags by thesimon on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:11PM (#9253653)
Can't you simply use sepa transfers?

Compared to the US, this is so easy. Enter the account number (22 digits) at your banks site and the reciever get's the money the next day.

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Re:Square Cashtags by kapsteur on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:22PM (#9253698)
"get's the money the next day", many banks requires 24 hours before you can make a transfer to a new account number, and transfer time is usually 48 hours than 24.
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Re:Square Cashtags by philippnagel on Monday March 23, 2015 @07:16PM (#9253933)
Where in Europe are you located? I cannot recall a transfer that took longer than 24 hours.

SEPA works surprisingly well, even for an initiative started by the European Union ;)

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Re:Square Cashtags by detaro on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:32PM (#9253749)
Where are you? (Never come across something like that here in Germany, and I was pretty convinced that 24 hours actually is a legal requirement)
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