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Can’t Wait Until Payday? Apps Give Instant Access to Wages

wsj.com

14 pointspetethomas11 comments

I'd cash out every day, too.

Better the money be under my control, earning interest for me, instead of for my employer. I don't see a downside to getting the money as soon as possible.

> I don't see a downside to getting the money as soon as possible.

There are transaction fees, which for the minimum wage shift workers targeted by this scheme, can add up to 2-4% of a day's take-home pay.

I understood that the employer pays the fees.

So payday loans 2.0?

This is behind a paywall. Is it available anywhere else?

I was able to read it if you visit the page via the link they tweeted out, https://t.co/z6PZgSpdzr

(https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/934104348640018432)

Works but...

If you've previously been blocked by the paywall you have to go to the twitter post and follow the link from there - via incognito

I use a bookmark in Chrome with the link set to this:

  javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);

Then you visit a paywalled page, and hit the bookmark link. Facebook then redirects you through with its ref headers.

No but it doesn't look like that new a story?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Can%E2%80%99t+Wait+Until+P...

Why Google ranks sites that you can't access is a mystery to me though?

https://archive.is/aJPVG

No its not. Sorry mate

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