Bye bye Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and many others. They can go and play “America First”. We’ll have our own independent system by november 2025.

  • SynapseEnglish
    15•10 days ago

    I haven’t come across this one. Important difference: Wero is a EU government program, Satispay is operated by a private company.

    • @biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•10 days ago

      A private company that is already enshittifying, to be precise. After years of gathering market share by being a zero commissions solution, lately they introduced commissions in some cases higher than what more consolidated payment solutions have.

      • SynapseEnglish
        3•10 days ago

        This is what makes me hopeful with Wero being a government initiative, but it needs a serious push before it starts to become useful.

          • SynapseEnglish
            1•9 days ago

            As far as I understand, it’s nothing more than bank-to-bank transfer, just made easy with links and QR codes instead of typing IBAN in your online banking.

            Wero is an account-to-account (A2A) solution, meaning that transfers will go through almost immediately once approved. It follows the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer protocol established by the European Payments Council in 2017.

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    • @SamHalfcorpse@feddit.itEnglish
      3•10 days ago

      Sure. Wero is interesting because it is an official program but I am worried that it may not be so widespread. Here in Italy I never heard of it. Never seen anyone using it. Maybe it is new?

        • HumaniusEnglish
          1•9 days ago

          Its not really new. Wero is a rebrand of the Dutch iDeal which has been in widespread use for over a decade

          Edit: After trying to find a source for that claim, Im not so sure its correct. The EPI did buy iDeal several years ago, but the text I’m finding doesn’t say Wero is a rebrand of iDeal outright.

          iDeal will be replaced by Wero (either the technology or the branding?) in the NL by 2027

      • SynapseEnglish
        3•10 days ago

        I learned about it recently myself on Lemmy. Many French banks are enrolled, but only 1 German bank. I hope it can develop, but today it’s practically useless. It needs a serious push from national governments if they want it to succeed.