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QR code accidentally shared online leads to $60,000 restaurant bill

01/12/202401/11/2024 Stephanie Beck

A woman in China mistakenly posted the quick response barcode online, letting others place orders. A woman living in China was understandably shocked, when she received a bill for about US$60,300 (430,000 Chinese yuan), after having accidentally shared the ordering QR code online, giving others the ability to place food orders on her tab. The woman was posting pictures on WeChat and mistakenly included the table’s ordering barcode. Though the woman’s intention was only to share pictures of the food she had ordered at the hotspot restaurant when she and…

Goa, India police use QR code to bust international human trafficking ring

09/13/202309/12/2023 Stephanie Beck

The investigators used the quick response codes to be used by clients for payments that were traceable. UPI has gained massive popularity in mobile payments, to the point that it could be used for crime busting by providing QR codes to clients of human trafficking. The massive network was based in Goa, India, but was being operated out of Kenya. The police chose this method of tracking because the QR code/UPI mobile payment is typically completed during an early transaction stage, stopping clients from being able to get out of…

Digital Debit Group Releases Retail-Grade QR App Powered by PayPal Now Available on iOS

02/18/2019 QR Code Press

Downingtown, PA and San Juan, Puerto Rico – February 18, 2019 – Ready to use upon download, without card swipers or terminal hardware, the Digital Debit® app make its way to a ready marketplace. Newly-released in the Apple App Store, merchants and freelancers can now accept in-person payments for services rendered from millions of PayPal users. While retail-grade in its functionality, the QR app with PayPal integration can also be used in a more casual way. Family and friends can both pay and get paid with the Digital Debit® app by…

Court lets individuals scan QR codes to pay their fines

12/11/201712/09/2017 Jorge Gonzalez

The court in Jiangsu, China is using quick response codes to collect from people who have been avoiding payment. A court in the eastern province of Jiangsu, China has made it possible for people to scan QR codes to pay their fines. The strategy is meant to make it easier for individuals to pay by way of their smartphones. The court sees this strategy as an effective way to collect on fines due from those reluctant to pay. All people need to do to pay their outstanding fines and dues…

Massive QR code network expansion headed to Paytm in India

02/22/201702/20/2017 Jesse Collins

The mobile payments company is making a tremendous investment to build an Alipay-like presence. India’s largest mobile wallet, Paytm, announced its intentions to make a very large investment into growing its QR code network. The company intends to spend about $89.6 million to assist merchants to accept mobile payments via quick response code. The company is hoping to use the barcodes to see similar successes to Alipay and WeChat. The reason is that those two Chinese companies have managed to successfully create and execute a QR code network. That said,…