Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱May 15, 2025

Nice to see the EU-wide online payments system (WERO) is rolling out as planned. I didn't realise it was already available in France, Germany, and Belgium.

WERO is (in part) based off of iDEAL which is used for online payments in the Netherlands. It feels so antiquated whenever I have to use a website that still only accepts credit cards.

I also like how these EU solutions don't just involve handing out payments processing to middlemen tech companies like PayPal.

https://radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/ideal-verdwijnt-hoe-werkt-het-nieuwe-betalingssysteem-wero-61576

iDEAL verdwijnt: hoe werkt het nieuwe betalingssysteem Wero?

Bijna iedereen in Nederland gebruikt iDEAL voor online betalingen, maar dat bekende systeem gaat verdwijnen. In de loop van 2026 start de overgang naar Wero, een nieuw...

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Show threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱May 15, 2025

I still have bank accounts in Canada and I have to do banking there every so often. Every time I have to interact with a Canadian bank it feels like going back in time. It's so outdated!

And Interac email money transfers are literally the dumbest hack half-solution that could only be invented in Canada.

Some day I might get so pissed off dealing with a backwards Canadian bank that I make a video about it

The other week I had to cash A PAPER FUCKING CHEQUE in Canada. 🤣

Show threadKebMay 15, 2025
@notjustbikes Cheque is still quite common in France. A plumber or a doctor might require it more often than you’d think!
The Netherlands are so dematerialized compared to other EU countries. It’s convenient, yes, but if you don’t have a credit card or it is not accepted you cannot do anything about it, and that can be a problem (for instance an adolescent on a trip who doesn’t have a real credit card)
Show threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱May 15, 2025
@zetakebab what are you talking about? Lots of people in the Netherlands don't have credit cards and my kids have no problems paying without one. You're just making shit up to be reflexively contrarian. 🙄
Show threadKebMay 15, 2025
@notjustbikes I’m not trying to be an asshole. Visiting the Netherlands, I found quite a lot of place that don’t accept cash, like museums. I found some articles online saying that some shops increasingly won’t accept it either.
Pictured a museum saying they don’t accept cash.
Perhaps I expressed myself not clearly?
Show threadOlav
@zetakebab @notjustbikes Cashless doesn't mean a credit card is required. Debit cards are also a thing, plus all the payment apps. I do agree it's sad that many places don't accept cash anymore.
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Show threadKebMay 16, 2025
@olavl @notjustbikes I wasn’t saying it was impossible, just that it adds more constraint towards poor or young people.
I indeed said credit card, because in France we don’t really have credit cards, mostly debit cards. But we still say credit card for every card in french 😅 Forgot about the difference, my bad.