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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by wslh on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:12AM (#48208150)
The difference is clearly that banks have a different agenda from central banks.

SWIFT is a cooperative of banks also but it seems that some central banks endeavours are better. BTW Argentina created an innovation back in the early 2000s as a product of a crisis. It was implemented in record time and transfers were immediate back then and improving. It's not run by the central banks though.

Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by econ on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @03:20PM (#48212682)
Bit like Moldova automating government because there simply was no money for armies of overpaid burocrates.