$147 Payment for Everyone: Cash App $12.5M Spam Texts Settlement Details
Introduction Cash App users across the United States may soon receive small automatic payments of up to $147 (or more in some cases) after Block, Inc. — the parent company of Cash App — agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle a nationwide class-action lawsuit over allegedly unlawful spam text messages. The lawsuit claimed that Cash App sent unsolicited promotional text messages to consumers without proper consent, violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The proposed settlement, filed in late …