Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly
by zymhan on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @01:58AM
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It's more like folks don't want to get robbed by keeping everything in cash, and so they use banks.
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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly
by philwelch on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @03:45AM
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That’s another factor for sure. I’m not sure if the timing lines up—I remember credit cards being more and more broadly accepted over time compared to cash even after crime rates in the US dropped—but the US still has pretty high crime rates for a developed country.