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[โ€“] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

The EU plans this for many year, but the problem is every country is doing its own thing with its own standard, that is not working anywhere else. In Germany for example we have Giropay as a solution, which doesn't work in other countries. As it turns out, people move though, that's why for a couple of years now every bank is switching to VISA debit cards...

[โ€“] janbaumy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As far as I know, Giropay is being replaced by Wero, which is already supported by some banks in different European countries.

It is so far one if the better PayPal/Visa/MasterCard alternatives Iโ€˜ve used, but adoption is still a problem.

[โ€“] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah Iโ€™ve got a notification about Wero in my Sparkasse App but havenโ€™t bothered checking it out yet lol

I have a couple of friends that seem to like it tho, I just rarely send any money

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