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by stephen_g 1870 days ago
That's terrible. I've never used it though, as an Australian. The name does sound vaguely familiar though. Are there any businesses that actually require you to use it? I've never seen one.

I usually pay for airlines with my credit card, now they aren't allowed to charge as large fees as they used to. Before that, I'd used BPay instead (which I still use for a lot of bills).

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen POLi presented as the only option, but it’s commonly the only fee-free option (BPay isn’t always offered). For myself, as soon as I learned what POLi was (because it asked for my bank username and password) I decided I hate it enough to pay a few extra dollars of credit card fees.
Agreed. The name sounds vaguely familiar but I haven't come across it either. They actually have an interactive demo [0]. It feels super sketchy and wrong being asked for the bank login.

[0] https://www.polipayments.com/Demo