CashApp

• site: https://cash.app/

2021-05-17 (Woozle)

I started to create an account, but found I had already created one of which I have no record. How do I recover access? How do I tell CashApp to stop trying to set up a new account?

A: Uninstalling/reinstalling the app reset its state. (Clearing all app data would probably also have worked, based on this.) The app asked me for an email address or mobile number; I guessed that I had used mobile instead of email, since I haven't been able to find any evidence of emails from them -- and that worked.

While trying to create that account, I discovered that it will reject email addresses that contain certain strings (e.g. "flip"). In my case, I had to change the address from cashapp2021@ to cshapp2021 -- so maybe "cash" is another red-flag word. It doesn't seem to be anything to do with the domain or the email server at that domain.

2021-05-18

Apparently although you can connect to an external bank account without a debit card, CashApp only supports transfers to such accounts. In order to move money from the external account into CashApp, you have to have a working debit card.

2021-05-29

Apparently there's also no way to add external accounts from the web UI; you have to use the app.

The web UI texts a secret code to your phone for login; there's no password, and you have to have a textable phone number which they have to have on record. It may also require you to re-enter a bank card number for verification before it lets you in.

2021-06-17

Tried to send Wade money for eggs, but the transaction was declined (even though there was plenty in the account). Meh.