PayPal Money Pools let a group put money into one place, and PayPal has since shut it down. If that's what you're missing, the alternative you want is a group fund app. TableCash brings it back and adds what Money Pools didn't have: one trusted organizer holds the money, approves what leaves, and the whole group sees every dollar on a record. Everyone still chips in by card into one place; now there's a clear person in charge and an open record.

Money Pools is gone; the need isn't

PayPal Money Pools did something people genuinely relied on: it let a group put money into one shared place for a trip, a gift, or a shared cost, instead of a dozen separate payments. Then PayPal discontinued it, and the people who used it were left hunting for the same simple thing, one place a group can chip in to. The need never went away. Only the feature did.

What the alive version looks like

1. One person creates a table for the thing, the trip, the gift, the shared bill, and shares it with the group.
2. Everyone chips in their share by card, and the money lands in one place, held by that one trusted organizer through Stripe.
3. Everyone sees the running total and who's in, and the app reminds whoever hasn't chipped in yet, so the organizer never has to.
4. Members request money from the table, the organizer approves what leaves, and every dollar in and out stays on a record the whole group can open.

What TableCash adds that Money Pools didn't

Money Pools collected into one place and mostly stopped there. TableCash keeps that simple part, everyone chips in by card, the total is visible, and adds the two things a shared collection actually needs: one person clearly in charge, and an open record. The organizer holds the money and approves what leaves, in the open, so the money doesn't just sit in one place, it gets handled by someone who answers for it, with the whole group watching the same numbers.

If you're comparing options, here's the case for a group fund instead of one-to-one payments, and the private-group alternative to GoFundMe if your collection is really about helping one person. TableCash never holds the money; it moves through Stripe to the organizer, and the app is the record everyone can open.