Walsh notes that rather than enact an outright
ban on credit card transactions involving gift card purchases, some stores are just adding a few simple security measures, such as checking IDs before processing these charges.
Not exact matches
The U.S. Justice Department's decision to turn a blind eye to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that authorize medical or even recreational use of the drug eventually may make it easier to use
credit cards for such
transactions, but a banking
ban on legal pot sellers remains intact for now.
Is it possible we could see banks reverse course
on their previous call to
ban credit card transactions for cryptocurrencies?
JPMorgan's
ban goes into effect
on Saturday, Feb. 3, while Bank of America's
ban became effective immediately, with the bank declining
credit card transactions with crypto exchanges, as per internal memos obtained by Bloomberg.
JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have both placed a
ban on cryptocurrency
transactions via
credit cards, according to Bloomberg reports.
JPMorgan, enacting the
ban Saturday and Bank of America started declining
credit card transactions with known crypto exchanges
on Friday.
That's because the
bans are generally intended to protect consumers from operations that try to consummate
credit card transactions on the phone.