And those gift card companies want to give that money back," the FTC said in its blog post. Here are steps, highlighted by the agency, that consumers should take if they suspect they have been conned.

Original 2/24: Since launch, GPay has been organized by Explore, Pay, and Insights. That first tab showed deals, and it’s now just a card in the Pay tab that opens a fullscreen feed.

Gift card and reload card fraud cost $228 million last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. What is being done about this scam? The Retail Gift Card Association and Vanilla Gift tell ...

The GPay app redesign will slim the app down and make the interface even simpler. Before, the app’s bottom bar had three tabs: Explore, Pay, and Insights. Well, the Explore tab is going away.

Update 2/15/23: Version 171.1.4 of GPay has widely rolled out via the Play Store and we’re now seeing the Material You redesign. There’s one bottom bar tweak compared to last year.