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European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance

63 points · 92 comments · vrganj

  1. petcat · · focus · HN ↗
    These all require Google or Apple devices both by the seller and the buyer. Wero explicitly does not even support non-Google Android devices.

    I'm not sure that replacing Visa and MasterCard is really that big of a sovereignty move considering the pervasive dominance American mobile OS tech has. It's a much harder ecosystem to replace.

    1. drivingmenuts · · focus · HN ↗
      The hardware is harder to replace, but payment systems aren’t intrinsically tied to the operating systems, yet, except for encryption , which is handled on-device.
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