> However, it's gotten drastically better in the past few years, with at least the bigger stores accepting Visa/MasterCard now. I'm guessing this has to do wit

> However, it's gotten drastically better in the past few years, with at least the bigger stores accepting Visa/MasterCard now. I'm guessing this has to do with the fact that Maestro is being phased out in favour of MC debit: https://www.mastercard.com/news/europe/en/perspectives/en/2021/blog-from-valerie-nowak-why-this-maestro-is-retiring-after-30-years/ https://www.mastercard.com/news/europe/en/perspectives/en/20...