NorskSud@lemmy.pt to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 days agoEuropean alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chiefwww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
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minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoWe’ve had Twint for over a decade in Switzerland and it’s adopted everywhere here, I have no idea why every country is cooking their own new system right now. Pick one that works already and roll it out on the whole continent, it’s not that hard.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoBecause Switzerland is not in the EU and the ECB won’t let that happen. They’d rather have the yanks ripping them off than allow real competition. Protectionism sucks.
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI’m pretty sure it’s Switzerland that doesn’t want to join the EU and not the other way around
We’ve had Twint for over a decade in Switzerland and it’s adopted everywhere here, I have no idea why every country is cooking their own new system right now.
Pick one that works already and roll it out on the whole continent, it’s not that hard.
Because Switzerland is not in the EU and the ECB won’t let that happen. They’d rather have the yanks ripping them off than allow real competition.
Protectionism sucks.
I’m pretty sure it’s Switzerland that doesn’t want to join the EU and not the other way around