[moooo99]

> Not to mention that turning gift cards into essentially bank accounts is going to create even more issues. Remember how we have to remind people how paypal isn't a bank?

I would have thought the intention with such regulation as proposed by the original commenter would be that apps specifically stop offering such functionality?

[gruez]

Then why not just ban gift cards outright?

[mulmen]

Because they’re useful and well liked by consumers?