POLi Payments: probably the worst idea for online payments, security-wise
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You are ordering something online, like a new TV, on an online store, or maybe you are ordering an airplane ticket on Air New Zealand. You complete your order, then comes the time to pay. You can’t find your credit card which must be in your tuesday pants, which are buried under two weeks worth of dirty clothes in a corner of your bedroom. Or you don’t want to pay the credit card surcharge charged by Air NZ. So on the payment webpage you spot this intriguing payment option: Internet Bank Payment.
This looks like a safe thing, practical and all, when you click on help, Air NZ assures you[archive] that this is a legit thing, and "you can use to safely pay for your flights directly from your bank account". Seems nice, why not try it. You don’t know what this (...)