Sunshine (she/her)M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoChief of Dutch Central Bank: US influence on payment systems is concerning, working on alternatives for Visa and Mastercard.nos.nlexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1600arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1599arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square85fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)OPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-27 hours agoWe need European alternatives to the 2 American duopolies: Visa and Mastercard / Android and Apple.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours 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-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIsn’t CB in France still running through visa/MC?
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoNope, they just integrate visa/mastercard for international payments like most other European providers.
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.
Isn’t CB in France still running through visa/MC?
Nope, they just integrate visa/mastercard for international payments like most other European providers.
I’d love to see it.