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Dutch banks all got together some 15 years ago to devise the perfect online payment system: iDeal. Pretty much everyone uses it. Checkmate PayPal and Visa card.
by WeylandYutani 3y ago
Dutch banks all got together some 15 years ago to devise the perfect online payment system: iDeal. Pretty much everyone uses it. Checkmate PayPal and Visa card.
But the best secondary effect was that it locks out foreign banks who can't be arsed to set up a local branch and apply for a banking license.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoExcept that it has absolutely no protection after you've paid. You have no recourse with iDeal. The money has been sent. How often do you read on Dutch forums [1] whether they paid with iDeal? Because if you do, your only recourse is to either sue them (which the Dutch rarely do) or open a dispute with the Thuiswinkel Waarborg [2]. For as long as I bought stuff online in The Netherlands I used a credit card. If they didn't offer it I'd find someone else. [1] https://tweakers.net https://tweakers.net (tweaking as in tinkering, not the other kind) [2] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuiswinkel_Waarborg https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuiswinkel_Waarborg