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Guide for change - latest version in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Now waze and google maps with osmand / here / organic maps

and contribute to osm :)

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

Yep they take all the cake for themself!

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 8 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How do you pay cash online?

And I don’t think the banking system is evil and should be destroyed, I just want the EU to be strong and independant, have tech and finance sovreinty

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

it’s not about credit cards at all debit cards are also made by visa and mastercard

my point is: everytime you pay with something else than cash, you give money to the USA (arround 2% of your purchase)

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You are absolutely correct

Now I just prefer my (or the store's money if you prefer) to recycle in the EU. We need it.

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You mean Carte Bleue? Yes but unfortunately i'm not in France

How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] minilemmy@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

my debit card is mastercard...

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How to get rid of Mastercard and Visa? (feddit.org)

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Hey guys!

Visa and Mastercard are the 8th and 15th biggest companies in the world, worth more than 1.1T USD (!!!).

For any purchase made with a credit or debit cards and you give them 2-3% of your money.

That's one the biggest waste of money from EU you can imagine.

I'm trying to find viable alternatives but except paying cash it seem there is no real alternative. Even in where I live there is an alternate payment service but they take the money from my mastercard, duh...

And the idea would be to have something even my grandma can use, not some nerdy solution, any thoughts?

Edit: Bitcoin would be a solution if widely adopted, but more realistic would be something accepted by every cashier machine, and if possible using the NFC of your phone, a kind of "Apple/Google" Pay, that goes directly from your bank to the bank's shop. Where I live all debit cards are either visa or mastercard...

Edit2: There is an EU initiative that seem to be starting with WERO, never heard of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Payments_Initiative

Edit3: It seem that Paysafecard and Skrill are EU solutions and sometimes proposed in the payment method, but not with STRIPE payment solutions