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The second part "but the banks (in Developed countries) have captured the government apparatus" seems to be true mainly of the USA? As SEPA in the EU, and Fas
by SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago
The second part "but the banks (in Developed countries) have captured the government apparatus" seems to be true mainly of the USA?
As SEPA in the EU, and Faster Payments in UK don't seem to fit that.
Unless you have other examples outside of the USA, or a different opinion on SEPA?
- weberer 1y agoIn Finland, I have to use Visa everywhere. Banks offer debit cards, but they use the Visa network. Some smaller sellers also accept Mobilepay, but its not very common.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago> In Finland, I have to use Visa everywhere Why? Finland is in SEPA.
- weberer 1y agoI have never seen a store offering any payment method called "SEPA". After reading up on it, it just looks like some protocol to do bank transfers between countries, and it requires exchanging IBAN numbers. I do pay rent and some bills via direct bank transfer, but that's it. Its nothing like this Brazilian payment alternative.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoYes, that's correct it's a protocol, it's under the hood. You won't see a SEPA Branding (or "Faster Payments" in the UK). It's for bank transfers between accounts, which could be in the same country, or not. If you do a bank transfer of e.g. a 3-digit sum, and it arrives the same day, that's SEPA. If it's in a few seconds, that's SEPA Instant (1). The grandparent post about "these capabilities" - specifically in comparison to the US FedNow -seems to cover more than just point-of-sale, right? Although that is mentioned in the SEPA Instant use cases. 1) https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/what-we-do/sepa-instant-credit-transfer https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/what-we-do/sepa-insta...