bug reportBusiness Operations · Payments & BillingsituationalBillingSAAS

Canva Charges Balance for Subscription Never Purchased

A Canva user discovers funds were deducted from their account balance for a subscription they never signed up for, yet the app still did not reflect any premium access after the charge. This is a single-mention billing malfunction with no prior notification to the user.

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