Sunshine (she/her)M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 25 days agoChief of Dutch Central Bank: US influence on payment systems is concerning, working on alternatives for Visa and Mastercard.nos.nlexternal-linkmessage-square148linkfedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1846arrow-down1external-linkChief of Dutch Central Bank: US influence on payment systems is concerning, working on alternatives for Visa and Mastercard.nos.nlSunshine (she/her)M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square148linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)OPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-225 days agoWe need European alternatives to the 2 American duopolies: Visa and Mastercard / Android and Apple.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoAndroid is open source so any European company can just fork their flavor the same way Huawei did. And there are alternatives to visa/mastercard but their local to each country: Cartes Bancaires in France, Girocard in Germany etc.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoLocal alternatives are not good enough. We need something that works internationally, otherwise it’s not a true alternative.
minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoWe also have MobilePay here in Denmark, Swish in Sweden, Bancomat in Italy. But I am still dubious there is proper sovereignty in the whole stack each one of these run on.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoIsn’t CB in France still running through visa/MC?
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoNope, they just integrate visa/mastercard for international payments like most other European providers.
minus-squareRenohren@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-224 days agoThat was true, once upon a time. “Carte Bleue” is part of Visa Europe (which has been reintegrated into Visa. Inc in 2015) since 2010.
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days ago Android is open source You sweet summer child…
minus-squareThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoWe have a few options …Fairphone with EOS is probably the best.
We need European alternatives to the 2 American duopolies: Visa and Mastercard / Android and Apple.
Android is open source so any European company can just fork their flavor the same way Huawei did.
And there are alternatives to visa/mastercard but their local to each country: Cartes Bancaires in France, Girocard in Germany etc.
Local alternatives are not good enough. We need something that works internationally, otherwise it’s not a true alternative.
We also have MobilePay here in Denmark, Swish in Sweden, Bancomat in Italy.
But I am still dubious there is proper sovereignty in the whole stack each one of these run on.
Isn’t CB in France still running through visa/MC?
Nope, they just integrate visa/mastercard for international payments like most other European providers.
That was true, once upon a time. “Carte Bleue” is part of Visa Europe (which has been reintegrated into Visa. Inc in 2015) since 2010.
You sweet summer child…
We have a few options …Fairphone with EOS is probably the best.
I’d love to see it.