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Berliners will soon have to pay fees and other payments to the administration via the payment system Wero. This was decided by the digital committee of the House of Representatives, according to a report by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Wero -- a combination of We and Euro -- is a digital payment service that allows money to be transferred by providing a mobile phone number or an email address. It is intended to be positioned against US payment services such as Paypal.

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[โ€“] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

From what I know, Wero is based on the standard Dutch payment service iDeal. iDeal becoming more international is something I'm very happy with as it works great.

[โ€“] rollin@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

is it pretty much a way to do bank transfers without having to give away your IBAN? I don't think IBANs need to be kept secret but they're a bit unwieldy to say the least - and transfers are not always instant.

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And with IBAN there are sometimes unknown fees so the amount that your (especially from a different country) transferee receives is less than what you pay, and you only know after 1-3 business days.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

That's not a thing anymore for amounts under 10k or something. Unless your bank is shit and doesn't automatically use sepa instant, which is free and instant.

[โ€“] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago

More or less, yeah.

[โ€“] python@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

If anyone could come up with a good money transfer service, it's definitely the Dutch. Love their whole Tikkie thing tbh