Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros
by mafuy on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:28PM
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I can answer this :) Because in Germany, everyone uses Girocard. It has a lower fee, so it is preferred over credit cards. We also don't need the consumer protections that credit cards offer because most of them are law here.
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Re:EU fines Mastercard more than half a billion euros
by smsm42 on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:54PM
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But if you already accept Girocard marginal cost of accepting Visa/MC (with which they are co-branded frequently, as I understand) should be extremely low. But what I encountered is a lot of cash-only places, from fast food & restaurants to museums. In US, where I live, I know maybe one or two cash-only restaurant out of a thousand. In Berlin, it felt like the majority is. And the delta in fees can't be that big...