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Re:German cartel office initiates proceedings against PayPal by nikeee on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:38AM (#34505995)
In Germany, there is "giropay" [1], which is a service offered by most banks. The Wikipedia article states that it's similar to iDEAL.

Giropay is some kind of federalized solution where you enter your IBAN on a landing page and get redirected to the interface of your local bank to complete the purchase.

It isn't well supported, except at some unexpected sites like Ali Express.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giropay

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Re:German cartel office initiates proceedings against PayPal by Tomte on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:46AM (#34506140)
giropay is a merger of three different bank-developed systems. And it shows.

Because banks generally don't support all features, only the ones they already used to support.

My bank, for example, does not support person-to-person transfers, only online payment at web shops.

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