A 130-million-user payment system backed by 16 major banks just launched to challenge Visa/mastercard

It would be awesome if Canada could do this.

“Every time a European taps a card, pays online or splits a bill with friends, the transaction flows through infrastructure owned and operated by American companies.”

  • DarylInCanada@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    From the 1950’s to a decade ago, Europe felt obligated to America for ‘liberating’ them from the Nazis. Today, there are few Europeans alive that remember the 1940’s and 50’s, and are far less prone to being in gratitude to the US. It’s no longer MAGA, Make America Great Again, it is LELA - Let Europe Lead Again.