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Here's your money briefing for Thursday, August 31st. I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

Seems like it happens every time you go to check out at the store. After swiping your card,

you get a prompt asking you to round up your purchase to donate to charity.

People are starting to feel a bit manipulated by what they see as a barrage of requests.

First, it was prompts to tip now requests for charity, but they're sick and tired of these

multi-billion dollar companies asking them for money. And yet they continue to make donations anyway.

We'll talk with a reporter Rachel Wolfe about the mixed feelings that come with charity prompts

at the checkout after the break.

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Checking out at a store often involves being asked if you want to round up your bill total

for charity. Consumers say they're annoyed by the constant requests, yet many wind up donating

anyway. Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolfe looked into this and joins me.

So Rachel, why do we see these rounding up requests in so many places?

They are proliferating because they really work. Roundup requests and other checkout donations

raised over $749 million in 2022 for various charities and so more non-profits and stores

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