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Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard (europeanbusinessmagazine.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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It would be awesome if Canada could do this.

"Every time a European taps a card, pays online or splits a bill with friends, the transaction flows through infrastructure owned and operated by American companies."

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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

Can you do etransfers without having to input an email address? Super annoying to have to set up a payment target every time.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Sadly, no - and BMO will annoyingly rate limit you on adding them sometimes. But I put the effort in because saying FU to payment companies that are anti-democratic is a requirement IMHO in 2026.

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