how do you even survive haha! fintech stuff???
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there's a longer story here that i'll save for another time, but in general i just use my dutch account + revolut... but now that i've officially moved it's about to get a lot more complicated
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So… I actually think Maestro+iDeal is a stroke of genius (low fraud, low cost) and every (European) country should do it.
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Replying to @thijsniks @juanbuis and
Paying directly for accounts is an equity problem, but unfortunately a side-effect of negative interest rates.
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Replying to @thijsniks @juanbuis and
Payment requests work well now. Transfers are instant. ING app is good. Apple Pay is supported. What’s missing?
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I'm not saying Credit Card companies aren't shit, but you miss out on a *lot* of proven infrastructure with iDEAL
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I’m very aware (after making payments work globally for Uber for 5 years), but that’s mostly inertia not great system design. Build iDeal for the eurozone and all of the sudden it’s a seriously supported option. Card networks are so hacked together.
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Even on the receiving end with Stripe supporting iDeal, it was painful, synchronous and very messy to accept it. But, low cost, at least.
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Low-cost honestly is key, because it enables *everyone* to use it. Including poor people, government agencies, NGOs, etc. The card system excludes most of those, so checks and cash are still a thing in the US
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France, for example, sometimes only accepts cash for getting a passport and I suspect it’s because of the card transaction fees
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