Thanks for taking the time. I know German banks can be very bossy with the EZB and all, but I don't think it is to create a divide. I guess I misunderstood you, it sounded a bit as if you were being aggressive in your original post but I'm clearly in the wrong. I didn't quite like the whole north-south divide sentiment, because other Nordic countries also have their own working systems and they're also not on board with Wero from the beginning. I'm a huge fan of how Spain handles things lately and truly believe us Germans can learn a lot from you and I wasn't aware of any north-south beef (except within Germany, lol).

I'll read up a bit on the topic. You've piqued my interest! I'm still excited for a unified European solution and don't really care who does it, as long as it's good and safe.

Edit: apparently Wero has decided to cooperate with bizum because they must grow fast: German article this time

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thanks for that link, those are good news! Just like Spain is a multicultural country where interoperability between citizens is seen superior to unification, I feel the same with Europe. We should work together, each country bringing their strengths. If in the future Bizum and other country specific solutions disappear or are renamed I don't really care as long as everything is done as efficiently as possible.

I'll admit that I should have said french-german instead of northern Europe, in my defense the articles I linked only mentioned Spain, Portugal and Italy, but Netherlands had the same reaction as you said so that wasn't a fair assessment.

The day I can use Bizum/Wero/??? to pay my groceries will be glorious. ❤️