Wero – Digital payment wallet, made in Europe

Re:Wero – Digital payment wallet, made in Europe by omnimus on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:29PM (#47039898)

I think they are hoping wero would one day work in countries worldwide as competition to visa/mastercard.

EU local payments already work instantly and feeless in many countries through SEPA. Lot of these countries are already on trajectory to gradually get off visa/mastercard for domestic payments as every ecommerce store pushes SEPA as the default payment to save on fees.

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Re:Wero – Digital payment wallet, made in Europe by hocuspocus on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:07PM (#47040343)

There's no need for a worldwide solution, federation and interoperability between major schemes are enough.

The same way AliPay can be used in most Asian countries already, we can imagine a world where EPI, UPI, Pix and so on interoperate smoothly.

I assume Visa and MC will try to remain walled off as the US are a big and slow mover in this space, until they'll need to open up as well.

Note: payments (unlike transfers) are never really zero fees, for good reasons.

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