This is horrifying 🤬 Visa (and MasterCard soon) is now setting up a system to let so-called AI to shop and pay on your behalf - without your explicit permission.
#ChatGPT #CreditCards #noAI
https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/technology-uvt65hdqz/-/a-uYrEOrfjTQKXL-BgVSzIHQ%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or diapers on their behalf, payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to …

Associated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KEN SWEET

Barclays closing down Barclaycard website today - with customers told to use app

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/barclays-closing-down-barclaycard-website-37273433

@wild1145

It's this sort of thing that, in my neck of the woods, has many small traders having a minimum spending limit for payment using plastic cards. The charges to the merchant quickly outweigh the value of the actual payment when it's that small.

#banking #CreditCards

When I first encountered credit card points, I assumed that the reason there were so many "rewards" was that there would be a discount on things paid for with credit card points instead of simply asking for cash back. I went through the entire menu of gift cards, "experiences" etc. and never found anything at a discount, in fact some things seemed more expensive. Why would you ever not simply ask for cash back?

#CreditCards #CreditCardPoints

Katie Price 'ordered to pay £140,000' for Lee Andrews' prison release

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/katie-price-pay-lee-andrews-37261370

UK associate of gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer cleared of £60 million Tenerife timeshare scam

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-associate-gangster-john-goldfinger-37249353

Martin Lewis shares why over 62% of Brits could be ‘better off’ not saving

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/03/martin-lewis-shares-62-brits-may-better-off-not-saving-28629415/

#CreditCards . . .

I charge thousands of dollars of purchases on my credit cards monthly that I pay off in full every month.

I check every charge posted on my bills to make sure that I'm not overcharged.

Just found a $2.85 overcharge on a $7.44 restaurant purchase that I'm going to contest. It's not a lot of $ but it's the principle of the thing.

Never going back to that place again!!! 🤬