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[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Had to look it up myself

Wero is a European mobile payment system that should replace Giropay in Germany, Paylib in France,[1] Payconiq in Belgium[2] and Luxembourg, and iDEAL in the Netherlands. The service was launched on 2 July 2024 by the European Payments Initiative.[3] The service competes with PayPal, credit cards and similar services. It started as a real-time payment system in 2024, and from summer 2025 extended online payment functions were added on a step-by-step basis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_%28payment%29

Looks like it's an effort to standardise all the local versions of the same payment systems, which seem to be P2P mobile money transfer and payment systems

[โ€“] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's a payment method to send/receive money between individuals. Starting 2026, it will be possible to pay at businesses scanning a QR-code.

It's similar to what you can see in Asia, Pix in Brasil, etc.

[โ€“] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And Switzerland ๐Ÿ˜Š it is called twint over here

[โ€“] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Should be nationalized and transformed on the Pix model.

[โ€“] roserose56@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure why you were being down voted, but we have answers now. Check replies to my comment. ๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] roserose56@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea I saw, but thanks for notifying! I get downvotes from time to time for no reason.

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

~~Reddit~~ Lemmy being ~~Reddit~~ Lemmy.

[โ€“] PostaL@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I have the same question!