Prove a payment arrived, instead of paying twice
Prove a payment landed by looking at the receiving account, rather than sending it a second time.
You press Confirm, the balance on the screen looks exactly as it did, and every instinct says press it again.
Two payments go out, and getting the second back is a telephone call and a wait. Money that has moved is somewhere. Go and look at the account it went to.
Key points
- Prove a payment arrived by looking at the receiving account
- Tell “completed” from “pending” on a payment
- See the same payment from both sides, going out and coming in
What to remember
- Every transfer appears twice — leaving one account and arriving in the other.
- Never repeat a payment because a screen has not caught up.
Try this
Next time you move money, look at the account you sent it to, not the one you sent it from.
Practice: Prove a payment arrived, instead of paying twice. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.