{"id":6044,"date":"2025-04-09T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/6044\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:46:08","slug":"popular-payment-platform-shuts-down-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/6044\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular payment platform shuts down app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5NUY56RQUJBAXGEWKILY45DS2I\">One of the most popular payment platforms is shutting down services on its app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EN3VVFT4CRHXXOTEPQSQLQ2QRU\">Individuals are now unable to send and receive money through the Zelle app. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7CC6ITCKCZCHTIPDOX6ABP6NJY\">In 2024, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellepay.com\/press-releases\/were-evolving-how-consumers-send-money-zelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electronic transaction platform announced<\/a> plans to shut down its app services. Last week, Zelle pulled its transaction features from its app. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E7OZND4QE5FLPBK3KVM3LMXH3M\">Zelle\u2019s electronic money transfer system is now exclusive to banks and credit unions under its network. The company stated that over 2,200 financial institutions are part of the Zelle network. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2XSHQZLQEBENDNNBDQRKKMSJAA\">People who use Zelle within their bank or credit union will be unaffected by the change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5ZIVITIKWNDETAUMOIDZTTMWL4\">According to a company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellepay.com\/press-releases\/were-evolving-how-consumers-send-money-zelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>, prior to the removal of the Zelle app\u2019s transactional features, less than 2% of Zelle transactions took place in the application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EGQ2EV32DREWFBP2GBPQLD65O4\">The Zelle application will now consist of information about scams and fraud, as well as provide a list of the over 2,200 banks and credit unions that offer Zelle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KTPCHZIMTZB57KHNQUIUINWDCY\">\u201cThe vision for Zelle has always been a solution that allows people to send and receive money to and from those they know and trust directly between bank accounts,\u201d the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellepay.com\/press-releases\/were-evolving-how-consumers-send-money-zelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cToday, the vast majority of people using Zelle to send money use it through their financial institution\u2019s mobile app or online banking experience, and we believe this is the best place for Zelle transactions to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most popular payment platforms is shutting down services on its app. Individuals are now unable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[1666,547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-6044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-iphone","9":"tag-mobile","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114309023918750239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}