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[โ€“] JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)
[โ€“] x00z@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's meant as a wallet and not a bank account. So more of a PayPal alternative.

[โ€“] makyo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Couldn't happen too soon, Visa and Mastercard extract wealth with literally every purchase on their network

[โ€“] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

That doesn't compete with those fully either lol, competes more with SEPA if you ask me

[โ€“] DreasNil@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

As far as I understand, Wero is just an alternative to Swish, which has been around for like 10 years. And that is definitely not an alternative to Visa/MasterCard.

[โ€“] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

if it adopts the Ethereum blockchain or a proof-of-work model it may prove just as harmful