EatingOnions@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoDigital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cardswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down10
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkDigital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cardswww.reuters.comEatingOnions@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareTanteRegenbogen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoI serious want an alternative to US credit cards. Because it would mean the US cannot pressure foreign companies by having Visa and Mastercard cut them off. And JCB is not accepted everywhere in the EU.
minus-squareMelchior@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThere are debit cards like CB and girocard from individual countries, but those are often co branded with Visa or Mastercard.
minus-squaremichel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·23 hours agoAnd pressure individuals like ICC judges by blocking them from US payment networks
I serious want an alternative to US credit cards. Because it would mean the US cannot pressure foreign companies by having Visa and Mastercard cut them off. And JCB is not accepted everywhere in the EU.
There are debit cards like CB and girocard from individual countries, but those are often co branded with Visa or Mastercard.
And pressure individuals like ICC judges by blocking them from US payment networks