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Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by crote on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:58PM (#32503435)
Ehhh, no? Our debit cards are used for in-store payments, and literally every single bank allows you to use them for online payments too. We just developed systems which don't depend on handing random people a bunch of "secret" numbers and hoping they don't defraud you.

For example, in The Netherlands *everyone* uses iDeal. Basically, the store does a 302 redirect on checkout to your bank, sending along the money owed and the destination account. The bank authenticates the user, confirms that they indeed want to pay it, and redirects back to the store. It... just works!

Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by moffkalast on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:10AM (#32507470)
> literally every single bank allows you to use them for online payments too

Please tell me how the hell I should input a 19 digit debit maestro card into 16 digit credit card number slots. It even has letters.

> iDeal

Seems like it's only a Dutch thing according to the wiki.

Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by anticensor on Friday August 19, 2022 @03:20AM (#32518327)
If you want e-commerce use then get a regular Mastercard Debit. Maestro cards require physical presence of the card and electronic interaction between the card and the POS.
Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by Tijdreiziger on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:59PM (#32512189)
iDEAL is from the Netherlands, but of course many countries have similar systems (Belgium: Bancontact, Germany: SOFORT, Poland: BLIK, Sweden: Swish, India: UPI, China: AliPay/WeChat Pay, etc., etc.)