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Re:Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card in... by herbst on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:28AM (#35999271)
Same here in Switzerland. Most cards I see now have dual use and work as debit and credit card with visa or master.

My card works everywhere and even credit card transactions appear as slow debit transactions.

I also don't pay any fees for any of that. Only the merchants do in my case.

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Re:Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card in... by Symbiote on Friday May 19, 2023 @07:16AM (#36000272)
European debit cards work as debit cards, the distinction is the network used.

My Danish debit card supports both Visa and Dankort, the Danish network. Danish companies will generally put the transaction through Dankort, as the fees are lower, but it's still a debit transaction if it goes through Visa's network.

Dankort only cards begin with the number 5019. Visa+Dankort with 4571.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number

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