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by TitaRusell 125 days ago
Hopefully WERO will finally wipe out PayPal in Europe. Despite the ridiculous name.
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Wero doesn't add any value over standard SEPA transfers, I don't see why does it even exists. PayPal at least has some customer protection scheme.
It's instant and much simpler than logging into your bank. Many EU countries already have their own alternatives like swish and vipps. Can pay with just knowing the phone number, scan qr code, even quite common in stores. No fee at all for private use, small merchants just need an app, no additional hardware.
This is true for the official SEPA Instant Transfer and the standard EPC QR code format, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_code

Didn't see a single store i regularly buy from offer it yet unfortunately