Re:Apple Pay’s long road to paying off is getting shorter
by ghaff on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:58AM
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Even in The Netherlands where, I was told by a local debit cards were the norm, I paid for things all last week with a credit card without anyone giving it a second look or having the slightest problem. I was prepared to use my debit card begrudgingly as it doesn't cover foreign exchange fees like one of my credit cards do. But I never needed to.
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Re:Apple Pay’s long road to paying off is getting shorter
by bangkoksbest on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:05AM
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The distinction between debit and credit card is not really what is at play here, but rather, whether Visa or MasterCard is accepted. A Visa credit card or a US Visa debit are both Visa, so if a place doesn't accept Visa it won't accept either, but if it does accept Visa (increasingly the norm) then both credit and debit work. It's just that in Netherlands none of the debit cards are Visa/Mastercard so people might be mistakenly attributing the card acceptance as being about a debit/crédit distinction.