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I don’t see why they can’t just piggyback on existing, proven solutions such as Bancontact, Carte Bleu, etc., which are all based on a card running on its own n

by port11 9mo ago

I don’t see why they can’t just piggyback on existing, proven solutions such as Bancontact, Carte Bleu, etc., which are all based on a card running on its own network. If it’s app-based, we’re excluding quite some citizens from it.

skywal_l 9mo ago
Visa bought Carte Bleue in 2011. Yep.
- fransje26 9mo ago
  Nice... /s I thought Carte Bleue no longer existed?
- port11 9mo ago
  The selling of sovereign infrastructure to foreign actors is a failure of regulation. I’m baffled as to why that was approved.
hocuspocus 9mo ago
Some of these are 40+ years old. It makes sense to build upon modern SEPA payment rails and focus on mobile wallets. Europe has always been on the forefront (Swish, Vipps, ...) and we have entire generations of consumers who barely if ever use plastic cards.