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alwaysmrnotoday at 8:48 AM2 repliesview on HN

Visa and Mastercard are legacy companies providing a service that is outdated in the modern world. China generally doesn't use Credit cards because when they "Modernized" there was new technology and infrastructure so you didn't need a nosey middel-man to handle the transaction. Instead they use apps. Scandinavia is hopefully moving away from these card-providers soon. They have the bankaxept system that works flawlessly in their area and have started introducing Apps for payments and microtransactions. For some reason some of the apps require a debit-card, but i hope they will drop that requirement soon.

I just hope these leeches on society will sone go bankrupt.


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ThunderSizzletoday at 10:22 AM

What happens if you don't have a phone that supports the App, or if you forgot your phone or lost it (aka stolen)?

How are you allowed to function if the App is missing?

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perlgeektoday at 9:56 AM

Just came back from a vacation in Denmark and Norway, paid with debit card everywhere.

Heck, paying with card is the default, if you do pay cash, the cashier sometimes has to cancel the card payment before accepting the cash.