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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€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Why can't we just decouple payment processor and payment system? So that you can have your card from ...your bank or whoever, pay via Wero on a terminal the supermarket has from ...Logitec. Same for the phone, let me use whatever payment app. Sure, would require a standard. But EU has a interest now.

[โ€“] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

I think they're doing what you want? Where I live we basically have had this system since 2006. I can use my debit card for online banking, online purchases, in store purchases, personal transactions (for example sending money to friends, instant and free), and for public transport. No need for a credit card or something like venmo.

There's a case to be made about privacy and such, especially the public transport part, but it is really convenient.

[โ€“] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

GNU-Taler crying in the corner.

[โ€“] Sepia@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Why? GNU Taler and Wero can co-exist imo, they are both excellent projects. GNU Taler released its first version in Switzerland last year as you may know. I do hope they will be thriving both, and possibly more will come.

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, never used it, but my understanding is that it's become pushed for more heavily in recent years in response to Visa/MasterCard doing shit like refusing payments for LGBTQ things and for NSFW things, under dubious reasons

[โ€“] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

As an American, I would like to purchase my hentai above-board, not having to do weird maneuvers or piracy to get my perversion fix. MasterVisa makes it difficult for me to uphold the social contract. Hopefully, an alternative like Wero can overcome MasterVisa and allow me to do my part.

[โ€“] Darkness343@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Wero sounds like we rob

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

I domt know what all the different cunts do, visa, stripe etc. But I want to tpa.my phone without google amd visa being involved.

[โ€“] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 1 week ago (5 children)

with only the AfD abstaining.

fucking dumb fascists

[โ€“] toffi@piefed.social 10 points 6 days ago

Ah yes the party of nationalism wants to keep us bound to foreign payment providers. I wonder why.

[โ€“] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago

"Fucking dumb" and "fascists" seem redundant.

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[โ€“] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 32 points 1 week ago (5 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.

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