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We have a national network in Germany. It’s called girocard and has debit cards only. You get one from your bank by default for every checking account. Transact
by Cu3PO42 8y ago
We have a national network in Germany. It’s called girocard and has debit cards only. You get one from your bank by default for every checking account. Transaction fees are very low at ~0.25%. They double as an ATM card and are usually co-branded with either Maestro or V-Pay so you can use them internationally.
Of course they’re not perfect and are often behind MC/Visa when it comes to new features like contactless, tokenization, etc., but it’s still a great little system.