louwhopley

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by louwhopley 9y ago
Nope, never said anything remotely close to that :) I said there are ways to prevent mistakes, like confirming transfers before executing them, etc
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey andrewflnr, he's pretty right. We've also worked on some mechanisms to prevent accidentally making unwanted/mistake transfers :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey spookyuser, yeah we do, i.e. Authy/Google Authenticator supported :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hi RangerScience, the APIs are based on REST, so any language that can handle https are supported. We're also working on libraries for a bunch of popular languages :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
That's part of our mission :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Yeah, we are working on these types of things :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey (founder of Root here), our platform gives you full API access to, for instance, do any of the things you do on the normal banking interface through code - like initiating a transfer to someone else, or building your own recurring payme
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Haha :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
What do you mean by their "approval magic"? There are other fraud filters etc built into various places throughout the payments system.
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey RickS, they are still called MCCs :) (2) is a bit more tricky to get our hands on, at least in South Africa
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by louwhopley 9y ago
The underlying banking infrastructure is provided by Standard Bank of South Africa
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Ha! Yeah, we've built in some things to prevent that type of user error :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
I'm assuming you're talking about RootCode? It's in a different secure environment (detached from our other systems) and unique to each user. The execution time is limited by the POS (point of sale) devices and varies
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by louwhopley 9y ago
One beta user built a script that sells bitcoin in real-time as he swipes his card and tops up his fiat account, effectively making his card "spend bitcoin" :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
We're currently playing in the fiat currency space, but we are keeping an eye out for ways to merge the two
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by louwhopley 9y ago
yes, and yes ;) (but not immediately)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
The rules can be as complex as the code you can write. It effectively sends a webhook on which you can respond "decline" to stop the tx from succeeding. (RootCode also packages this concept to make it quicker to prototype)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Thanks bongonewhere :) I'm also on here to answer some Q's
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Founder here :) Feel free to ask me any questions
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey @baconomatic, founder here - we do have a sandbox built in so that you can test your scripts/programs first before running letting it touch your real money :)
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by louwhopley 9y ago
Hey @tarr11, founder here. We're trying to make banking more accessible to creators/developers so that they can build their own problem solving solutions :)
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by louwhopley 10y ago
Hi sgt, Root will be available to all developers in South Africa, not locked to SB clients :)
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by louwhopley 10y ago
Hey beaconstudios, (other co-founder here), both are available. The hosted JS is to easily/quickly prototype small solutions without spinning up a separate server. We have webhooks for transactions and RESTful APIs as well :)
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by louwhopley 14y ago
Awesome! This clears up stats and speaking statistics a lot for me. Thank you.
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by louwhopley 14y ago
Here's a startup to save the world in this matter: https://www.snapplify.com I'm not affiliated with them, but they fixed exactly what this article complains about with my one friend's publishing service.
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by louwhopley 14y ago
I'm not in America, but would really like to know how many people actually asked to join you? Happy Thanksgiving!
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Ask HN: Why did WhatsApp disappear from the South-African AppStore?
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