• mentalrecon@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Zelensky will be pleased. He won’t have to ask the U.S. government for billions more, just tap to pay using Uncle Sam’s credit card. 🤑

  • malko2@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Wish they’d also launch it in Switzerland - the entire person to person market is currently controlled by a monopoly company called “TWINT”

    • ZheoTheThird@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Twint is neither a monopoly nor one big company. It’s at this point a joint venture by all the big banks, and there’s always PayPal, revolut and others.

      • malko2@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        It’s absolutely a monopoly and while there are several banks involved, there’s still a common organization behind it. When were you last able to buy apples from a farmer with PayPal?

        • ZheoTheThird@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          A farmer’s a business, though. You can pay all contactless businesses with Apple/Google pay or Revolut.

          For P2P payments there’s always Revolut and Paypal, both let you send money to people that don’t have accounts (unlike Twint).

          • malko2@alien.topBEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Mostly there’s just a Twint QR code. At our school, it’s the only option to pay other than cash.