[Ratiofarmings]

So instead of sometimes one of the two not being accepted, you want me to carry 50 different ones and have 2/3 rejected?

No, thank you.

[apexalpha]

The only reason some cards are not accepted somewhere is because Visa-Mastercard are so powerful they force 3%-5% margins on transactions for merchants.

In the EU the just use bank cards. And since there's regulations the fees are lows and everyone can use it everywhere.

[rbrtl]

No... You have the option of any of 50, and they can all be accepted everywhere; rather than the option of only two if you want a chance of being accepted. I believe this is already law in the EU anyway, but there are few competitors to the big two.

[richardwhiuk]

What's law? That you have to accept all types of payment? Nope.

If everything has to be accepted everywhere, then there's no differentiation