In Massachusetts, we have the Charlie Card system which is the T. A. P. Pass and our system just got updates to read tap credit cards and tapping your phones.

Given how unsecure the MBTA is, having this would be a shit show for those who don't get one issued specifically for themselves.

The Charlie Cards can mainly be found every morning on top of the machines because they're free for most people to get and use (free to use means you're free to use the cards if you please, the trains still have fares, lol) and if you're done with one that's not personally issued to you, it's preferred you leave it on top of a machine on a station so someone else can use it.

....... It would have to get rid of public cards and you'd have to make it so that if you want a card you'd have to register for one, which would mean less accessibility for commuters.

We’re calling it Super Money.

Brazil and India already have their own systems which are up and running.

nah, all the US government has to do is ask Apple and Google to delist the wero app and it'll be cooked

digital sovereignty and mandatory locked down rectangles are fundamentally incompatible

Trump and data brokers will lash out if people just simply used cash.

Wero is part of the EPI (European Payments Initiative). It's going to be a network of all the digital payment apps, so you can use your own app all across Europe.

The problem is that the Italian member is Bancomat, which literally nobody uses (Bancomat is a big company, but they issue debit cards; nobody uses their digital payments service).

In Italy, the most used app is Satispay (which is very similar to Swedish Swish, Danish MobilePay, etc.). So I can't see this initiative taking traction in Italy at the moment.

It's in Belgium and the Netherlands already what are you talking about

Why do you prefer Digital Euro?

Are you in Norway? Every Visa and Mastercard issued by Norwegian banks should have BankAxept too. So every time you use contactless it’s BankAxept and if your bank allows Tæpping in Vipps you can use it on your phone too.

what is the alternative for sending digital money fast and easy?

Seems like it's Wero again. Which is American-approved smartphone exclusive.

I don't see it as a replacement for Visa/Mastercard, only possibly Google/Apple pay and things like PayPal.

Stop digital ids and age verification.

Sadly Vipps recently stopped working on degoogled android. :/

Norwegians and others affected by this should feel free to complain to them about that.

The EU digital currency act is fully private and backed by the EU. They won’t be able to see what you buy so you can buy as many embarrassing things as you’d like :3

Having lived in several countries in Europe, I can tell you the entire Multibanco system in Portugal (on top of which MBWay is one of the products) is far more complete and has been in place for far longer than anything I've seen elsewhere.

Most countries have far more basic systems (for example, you can check your bank account movements and pay your bills in Portuguese ATMs, but not usually in other countries) and some countries in Europe (such as Britain) don't even have their own payment and ATM system and rely on VISA and/or Mastercard.

Then again the entire Multibanco infrastructure was setup by the government forcing banks to come together, agree on a standard for digital transfers and payments and to setup and pay for a company that does it (called SIBS), so of course all this happened way back in the 80s and wouldn't happen under more recent, neoliberal, governments.