alt Hacker NewsWe used to. Contactless payments from my phone didn't require Google Wallet a few years ago, but now they do. My bank passes suddenly say VISA and have credit card numbers on them which they didn't have a few years ago. European banks are going in the completely wrong direction and need to reverse.
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mitxela • yesterday at 10:39 PM
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mitxela • today at 1:44 AM
Your bank pass may support multiple systems. I think a lot of European cards (not all) are EC-Karten as well as one of the major credit card brands, and when you use it in an ATM, it uses neither system but directly contacts your bank.
They will only do so if forced to by regulators, and so far regulators have shown no interest in doing it.