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For the purposes of most online payments a standard debit card can be used interchangeably with a credit card.
"Standard" debit cards aren't really standard outside the US either. Maestro (chip + PIN) doesn't work online, for example.
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For the purposes of most online payments a standard debit card can be used interchangeably with a credit card.
"Standard" debit cards aren't really standard outside the US either. Maestro (chip + PIN) doesn't work online, for example.
In europe certainly most people would seem to have a debit card. Besides I'm assuming at the backend the FB system would require you to enter a debit/credit card.
It would seem very unwise for FB to begin taking down everyone's bank account number as in the case of fraud with a card you can simply cancel the card and get a new number.
I've been on FB since the beginning. And I've never clicked on an ad. What makes you think I will to actually buy something? I barely trust Paypal, you think I'm gonna trust FB with my CC details. You gotta be kidding. There are a few steps FB must do before I'll trust them with anything other than bs about what games I'm playing now: 1. Convince me they take my security and privacy seriously. 2. Convince me they are…
You seem to conflate [1 - what I want FB to do with regards to privacy] with [2 - what FB needs to do so I trust they won't steal my money]. The two have nothing to do with each other. Realistically speaking, 1 may never happen, 2 is already there (even if you're only liable for $50 from unauthorized cc transactions).
Are online payments such a big unsolved problem? It takes me all of 10 seconds to type my CC number and associated security codes. Sites that I use a lot tend to allow subsequent purchases without re-entering them anyway. If everyone's facebook account has CC details attached and a 1 click "pay now" button you are only 1 XSS vulnerability from fraud on an unprecedented scale.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the purposes of most online payments a standard debit card can be used interchangeably with a credit card.
"Standard" debit cards aren't really standard outside the US either. Maestro (chip + PIN) doesn't work online, for example.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google Wallet is actually fairly useless. To load it up you need a credit card. If you have a credit card, you could just as well, uhm, use a credit card.
I think your parent was being sarcastic. We need a sarcasm tag in HTML.
They could first allow people to exchange any amount of money with friends for free, add it to their mobile app so that everyone has it anytime. Other apps are doing that, and that's very useful.
And they should buy Stripe, bind everything together, displace amex, visa and mastercard.
Or may be that's the plan, but it's best to be silent ?
Are online payments such a big unsolved problem? It takes me all of 10 seconds to type my CC number and associated security codes. Sites that I use a lot tend to allow subsequent purchases without re-entering them anyway. If everyone's facebook account has CC details attached and a 1 click "pay now" button you are only 1 XSS vulnerability from fraud on an unprecedented scale.
It would be very convenient for someone, somewhere, to establish a widely accepted micropayment system for the Internet. I sure can just whip out the CC, type in the 16 things, the special code, the expiration date, maybe a second screen the CC vendor presents to get my address or phone number for additional verification... But I would never bother for a 3 or 5 cent article. And I firmly believe that's why there is n…