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Europe is already moving towards having own payment system with Wero
by throwaw12 5mo ago
Europe is already moving towards having own payment system with Wero
- Shoue 5mo agoWero is a private effort, the digital euro is closer to Pix but it keeps being stalled (given the article in question, one could make some guesses as to why).
- embedding-shape 5mo agoMost European countries I frequent already have their own local equivalent to Pix. In Spain almost everyone has Bizum, and not uncommon for vendors at markets to accept it too, Sweden has Swish which is the same deal for the Swedes. I think this lists the most prominent ones that are in wide usage today already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Mobile_Payment_Systems_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Mobile_Payment_System... Apparently, some of these already have interoperability between each other too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Payments_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Payments_Alliance), happy to learn I can now send/receive money to/from my Portuguese brethren :)
- anthk 5mo agoSince May the 5th most shops will begin integrating Bizum within their payments systems. In Spanish: https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-01/a-partir-de-mayo-podras-pagar-con-bizum-en-los-comercios-desde-tu-movil.html https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-04-01/a-partir-d...
- embedding-shape 5mo agoSince the Bizum became widespread, depending on the size of the business, some always did accept Bizum if you ask nicely :)
- brabel 5mo agoWould be amazing for me to use Swish to pay for things in Brazil as if I had Pix! Could that work somehow?
- aqme28 5mo agoI was shocked that none of my cards worked for lots of stuff in the Netherlands. They also have their own system.