• Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    14 days ago

    Why not simply mandate all banks to support immediate payments? And to support webhooks for all payments? That would make it extremely easy to not rely on Visa/MasterCard.

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            14 days ago

            Well, Eurozone != EU. And if I’m not mistaken, it either was or will be mandatory for Eurozone, but not the whole EU. Though I might be mistaken.

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              11 days ago

              The only reason why eurozone and EU are not the same (bar the countries with exceptions) is that multiple countries still fail to adhere to the criteria needed to join the euro - and some, like Poland, fail on purpose.

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                  11 days ago

                  Nothing against you personally. It is just a bit annoying when people from EU countries who refuse to join the Euro then complain about their currencies/financial market getting treated differently than the Euro zone.

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        14 days ago

        Step 1. You pay using an immediate bank transfer

        Step 2. Bank sends a webhook to the merchant letting him know in real time the money were received

        Step 3. There’s no step 3, you paid, merchant has got the money immediately and knows about it and you avoided using foreign card companies.

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          14 days ago

          Don’t bank transfers have problems with buyer protection?

          Do suppose crypto does, actually…