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niftynei | 1 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +7 
 i spent way too long trying to pay an online merchant using a credit card yesterday 😭 (german vendor wouldn’t take an American card)
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retired, DM for new npub | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It sometimes takes days to send fiat between German banks 🤣
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Lostdog | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It doesn't, that would even be illegal today. 

All EU banks must support SEPA Instant Credit Transfer as of this year, which means a maximum transfer time of 10 seconds
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Abegunde | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Why are they not even taking crypto? 🤦‍♀️
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li'l miss strange | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Banks have been building this "thing" called Wero, as a competidor to the american credit cards...
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Bitcoin Junior Club | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sorry to hear. But didn't they accept Bitrefill instead of a bank card? You could extra use sats in this transaction 😎⚡
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Comte de Sats Germain | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'd've just left.