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The rent trust fall is over 🏠
You know the vibe. Rent's due Friday. Six people in the flat. Five of them transfer to Chris because Chris's the "head tenant" and Jordan promises they'll sort it with the landlord. This is how most flats handle rent in 2025 - pick someone, trust them completely with hundreds of dollars of your money every single month, and hope for the best. It's basically a financial trust fall, except sometimes you hit the floor. There's the obvious stuff: the chasing, the reminders, the.
Quinn @ Flatly
4 days ago1 min read


Flat fees, not flat chaos: how Flatly charges you (without rinsing you)
You know when the Wi‑Fi dies and someone drops “btw can you all chuck me $240 for rent today” in the chat… then disappears? Now you’re chasing screenshots, doing maths on a cracked iPhone screen, and trying to guess if you’re getting shafted on “fees or whatever.” Kia ora flat boss. Let’s actually talk money. Not vibes. Not “it’ll be roughly this.” Real numbers. Real simple. Sweet as. The short version Pay your landlord or power? Max $2 fee per payment. Pay your flatmates b
Quinn McCarthy
Feb 203 min read


Open Banking, Under the Hood
Learn how Flatly uses BlinkPay’s open banking APIs to move money securely between flatmates — without storing passwords or holding funds.
Quinn McCarthy
Feb 192 min read


Open banking. Sounds scary. Isn’t.
Open banking lets Flatly securely read your transactions (with your permission) so rent auto-splits and bills track themselves. You approve payments. No passwords shared. No drama. Just sorted flats.
Quinn McCarthy
Feb 172 min read
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