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Peer-to-Peer Payments Are Popular, but Be Careful

| June 23, 2025

Making a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment is a convenient way to transfer money to family, friends, or businesses. Whether you’re splitting a bill or paying a babysitter, if you have someone’s contact information, you can send or receive money quickly and easily using a mobile app or an online platform linked to your bank account or credit card.

Most P2P transactions go smoothly, but what happens when something goes wrong? Unauthorized transactions will generally be refunded by the P2P service. But what if you accidentally type an incorrect character in a username and send money to a stranger, or you’re tricked into transferring funds to a scammer? Unfortunately, in either of those situations, because you’ve authorized the transaction, the P2P service or your financial institution is generally not required to reverse it or issue a refund, so your money is likely gone for good.

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