• Besen@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Let’s hope Wero can gain some market share. It’s still in its infancy, but at least it’s doing some things right.

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      1 day ago

      If I want to use Wero I have to tie my mobile phone number to it and then I can only use that number with that exact bank account and none of my others. Completely useless for me.

      They need to come up with something that’s actually good for consumers and not just for the bank’s data gathering aspirations if they want to compete.

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        1 day ago

        I hope the digital Euro will help. It’s said to even have an offline function for privacy.

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          23 hours ago

          Yes, the digital Euro looks even better. I was surprised that they would go for privacy (at least more privacy than other digital payment services) and offline transfers. The problem is that it is even further away than Wero. We won’t get it until 2028 at the earliest, and I suspect it might take even longer, as many government projects do. Until then, I would rather use a European service than paypal or credit cards. When the digital euro comes, it could arrive with a bang and wipe out a lot of other payment services.

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        24 hours ago

        Yes, it still has usability problems, as many early stage projects do, but I see them as relatively easy to fix. Getting the market share in online shops will be much harder. Wero’s backing is big enough, and they already have experience with digital payment systems, so I am hopeful that they can pull it off.

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        1 day ago

        MB WAY mentioned! Didn’t know about this. good to see they all trying to interoperate.

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      It’ll never be popular in Finland.

      Sounds too much like “tax” in Finnish (Vero, which I’m old Finnish is vvero)