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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Switzerland has had TWINT for almost a decade.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there's iDeal in the Netherlands which is also instant

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that's the problem, each country has their own solution, with no interoperability. Whether it's MobilePay, Swish, Vips or PayPal or whatever, they are all only ubiquitous within their own country.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Yeah that I agree with. I have to use Wise to do transfers between the US and EU and it's kinda clunky and the fees add up.