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by briandear 2730 days ago
However, sites could accept IBAN transfers, Diner’s Club, Bank drafts, Amex, Discover, JCB, Apple Pay (Apple Pay Cash)... People could even use Transferwise.

The are a lot of ways to not have to accept MC or Visa.
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dingaling 2730 days ago
Even six years ago when I was shopping around to buy some Bitcoins it was already impossible to use Transferwise and most banks had blocked transfers to known cryptocurrency exchanges. When the financial industry wants something ostracised they are quick to move in the same direction.
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Tehnix 2730 days ago
That's about as real an alternative as if I said you could just send me a mail instead of sending me an email.

> IBAN transfers...Transferwise

Obviously incredibly slow and a lot of work.

> Diner’s Club, Amex, Discover, JCB

Haven't seen these in Europe.

> Apple Pay (Apple Pay Cash)

Limited to banks that support it. In e.g. Denmark, that's only two of the minor ones, meaning far from the majority of people.

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SmellyGeekBoy 2730 days ago
You haven't seen AMEX in Europe? I've had one for years and used it all over Europe with zero problems whatsoever.
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prepend 2730 days ago
Your observation doesn’t change that OP hasn’t seen it.

Amex is a small card processor. According to the Nilson report [0], Visa and MasterCard made up 80% of global transaction dollar amount in 2016. Amex, Discover and JCB combined made up 5%.

You may know of Amex but they are a very small card, especially outside of the US.

[0] https://nilsonreport.com/upload/issues/1109_6392.pdf

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