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Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concer... by CaptainZapp on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:42AM (#17152226)
"You can't use an EC card to buy stuff online you have to make a bank transfer."

That's wrong. EC (Maestro) is part of the Cirrus network and works world wide for cash withdrawels. Other debit cards are aligned with the Plus network. Same thing.

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Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concer... by kuschku on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:48AM (#17152275)
ECMaestro cards are separate from the Cirrus network and don't even have a card number.

Which is good, because due to that the fees of German EC cards are significantly lower than those of the rest of the Cirrus system cards.

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