US local phone numbers, English:

Master card
800-627-8372,1,1

Visa
800-847-2911,1,4

Script:

I’m calling to urge you to immediately end your new policy that unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers even more vulnerable. I’m also asking you to sit down with stakeholders- specifically sex workers and adult content creators- to develop solutions that ensure equitable access to financial services, create stability, and reduce harm for sex workers.

    • duchess@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 days ago

      There aren’t any other options than credit cards in the US to pay without cash?

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Here are the options:

        • credit - visa, MasterCard, discover, American Express (all ubiquitous)
        • debit - mostly mastercard, some are visa
        • Prepaid cards - mostly MasterCard and Visa, amex has one too
        • mobile Payments (Samsung, Apple, Google) - you pay using credit or debit; I’ll include PayPal here too
        • cash - doesn’t work online obviously, and some places don’t accept it or at least discourage it (e.g. many self checkouts, food trucks, smaller restaurants)
        • checks - like cash, but many stores don’t accept them at all

        Some online places accept bank transfers, but that’s mostly for paying regular bills, not anonymous checkout.

        There are some fringe ones like money orders (basically cash), cryptocurrencies (very rarely accepted), and Venmo (mostly just food trucks, fairs, and small restaurants).

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        4 days ago

        the card NETWORK is the part at issue; not the type of payment

        the same is roughly true for europe and the rest of the world too: payment processors facilitate transactions over various card networks which communicate between banks

        a single payment probably involves at least 6 different business facilitating the transaction, and only a couple of them are your bank, and the business you’re paying

      • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        4 days ago

        There are only 4 credit card networks in the US, regardless of the credit card brand: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Anecdotally Visa and Mastercard are by far the most commonly used and accepted, but I couldn’t tell you why, beyond it often being the default debit card issued by banks.

      • cfi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        No, even our debit cards use credit card companies for the actual processing

        Ditto for PayPal, ApplePay, and Google Pay.