Post #3390022
2026-06-11 10:09 UTC
@thedoctor@polymaths.social we do what we can, can't ask for more.
I was thinking about WERO. There are solutions under the BANCOMAT, Bizum and MB Way (Spain, Italy and Portugal) apps, but they still require a Visa or Mastercard card (for bank account validation and online payments/temporary credit card creation and management), there are cross-border transfers without the card flag already, and in-shop and online payments (through the system, not the Visa/Mastercard cards) are next (coming early 2027 according to a proof-of-concept from April 2026). In Northern Europe there are banks that issue cards that aren't from either Visa or Mastercard, but those are all from Norway and Denmark AFAIK.
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@ohir@social.vivaldi.net 2026-06-15 20:34
@thedoctor@polymaths.social > I'm not aware of credit card providers In the EU we are steering off the "cards" for direct payment systems like BLIK. https://www.blik.com/en/21-million-blik-users-gain-access-to-e-commerce-in-the-eurozone-blik-builds-interoperability-and-connects-the-polish-system-with-the-european-e-commerce-network Edit: take my sincere apologies for not sensing the slop under the link I gave. My bad :( #noai @jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt @joeress@mastodon.social