Scred announces direct transactions
We are very proud to announce the most important release of Scred since the service went public. This one contains the all time most requested feature: direct Screding. This allows you to register debts with people even if they do not share membership of any pools with you. In fact, they do not even need to be registered Scred users!
Scred’s pool feature is extremely useful with its automatic debt shuffling and quick-to-use interface, but sometimes you might need to register a debt with random people who have, for one reason or other, not registered to Scred or do not share a pool with you. This is where direct Screding is useful. Using it, you can easily register a debt with anyone, either by their Scred username or by any valid email address. You can even use any currency supported by us, and yes, this is also possible offline using your mobile phone.
This first version currently supports one-to-one direct Screds. New ways of using this feature are forthcoming, but considering how useful it is we believed it better to bring this out for you to use as soon as possible.
You can start creating direct Screds immediately at: https://www.scred.com/
To make use of it on your mobile phone, be sure to update it to the latest version from: http://www.scred.com/mobile/. (Some phones also provide an ‘Upgrade application’ option.)
Other updates in this release (Army of Ghosts):
- Fixes to make Scred more usable on IE 7.
- Pool IDs can now contain spaces.
- ‘Transfer’ section now renamed ‘Scred it!’ and relocated beside My Scred to reflect its importance in the usage flow.
- Users can now have multiple email addresses assigned per account.
- Country added to profile information.
- Pool members who were not involved with a transaction can no longer cancel it.
- Help pages have now info on creating transactions and joining pools.
- Test pool now more clearly marked as a place for experimentation.
- ‘Add transaction’ in the pool pages now called ‘Quick Scred It’, as that’s closer to its nature. Also has a link to the actual Scred it page.
- Fixed some minor value display problems
- Scred Mobile users can now start using it, even if they are not a member of any pool. Direct Screds are available immediately.
Thank you for the many feedback reports you have sent. We hope this update will please many of you, but do keep the feedback coming in. We will do our very best to help you.
[...] Direct screding is when you share your costs with people who aren’t yet registered on scred. You can direct the costs to an e-mail address and once the person registers on scred she is able to see the the amount she owns to the other people who split costs. Kristoffer Lawson, one of the founders of Scred, states that this has been one of the major differences in their service to foreign rivals and with this release they are catching up on their development. Other updates on the release can be seen in their blog. [...]
Very nice, very nice indeed.
[...] Scred – a Finnish startup for handling finances and debt amongst friends and on trips – has added Direct Scredding, i.e. it is now possible to share costs with people who are not already registered at Scred. This is definitely a major improvement to an already very useful tool. More on other improvements to the service can be found at The Scred Blog. [...]