I’ve seen guides for Canada and the EU to boycot american stuff but do we have any of that here in Aus

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      2 days ago

      Not really. I was only using it as a visa alternative for some online payments so it was redundant. PayPal runs scams like Honey and was founded by Nazis so they had to go. Unfortunately visa is also US controlled but it seems the lesser evil until I find something better.

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      2 days ago

      What’s your use case? I haven’t used it to give/receive money ever since payid became a thing, instant and secure.

      For more secure payments than giving out your card details you have options like Revolut that can create temporary digital cards, and bank of Melbourne has a digital card with a cvv that changes automatically every 24 hours, but still let’s you set up subscriptions/recurring payments that don’t break like Revoluts temp card would.

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      3 days ago

      Wise might work for you. They’re a UK company I believe. Not totally sure if they’re 1:1 on features with PayPal as I hardly ever use PP but they probably can do pretty much the same things. In my experience the service is very good and also very cost effective, at least when it comes to transferring money overseas.