We have Twint in Switzerland for years now and I use it multiple times per day for everything from parking, buying eggs at the farmer in the village, public transport tickets, grocery store and even to split bills with friends. I only use my Amex, MC and Visa abroad these days.
I really hope they will work out some interoperability between Wero and Twint soon.
Looking at the website, twint is only available on android and ios too. Being cynical about it, they probably will cooperate with wero because the systems keeping people locked into the mobile operating systems of american big tech will need to work together to provide so much value that people won't realistically opt out from running iOS or google play services on their devices.
In theory, if I'm understanding correctly, it will be an in place replacement of the already existing iDeal payment system. So I wonder how much I will even notice of the change.
I had the chance to use it to send money to some friends, and it was very easy to use for that use case! (BTW the link to the wikipedia article is broken)
You send money to somebody through their phone number. For me, I open my bank app, go to transfers, select WERO, then enter the amount and the phone Nb. The transfer is instant
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Can only send money to other ppl who have it, waiting to be able to pay in online shopping with it
Same for me
We have Twint in Switzerland for years now and I use it multiple times per day for everything from parking, buying eggs at the farmer in the village, public transport tickets, grocery store and even to split bills with friends. I only use my Amex, MC and Visa abroad these days.
I really hope they will work out some interoperability between Wero and Twint soon.
Looking at the website, twint is only available on android and ios too. Being cynical about it, they probably will cooperate with wero because the systems keeping people locked into the mobile operating systems of american big tech will need to work together to provide so much value that people won't realistically opt out from running iOS or google play services on their devices.
Would that be the QR code that I see on the payment terminal when I am in Belgium? Or is that something else?
My bank (Rabobank, Netherlands) hasn't rolled it out yet, but it is planned for early 2026.
https://www.rabobank.nl/particulieren/online-bankieren/betalen-met-ideal/ideal-wero
In theory, if I'm understanding correctly, it will be an in place replacement of the already existing iDeal payment system. So I wonder how much I will even notice of the change.
ABN AMRO and ING are also planning to switch to Wero.
All major and mid-sized Dutch banks iirc already support iDEAL, which to foreigners I'd explain as basically the original Wero.
I had the chance to use it to send money to some friends, and it was very easy to use for that use case! (BTW the link to the wikipedia article is broken)
Not yet - they have added it just recently.
Can someone quickly introduce me to this tech? (Yes I am aware of the wikipedia article)
You send money to somebody through their phone number. For me, I open my bank app, go to transfers, select WERO, then enter the amount and the phone Nb. The transfer is instant
That's kinda disgusting.
I don't even have a phone number.
I have used Wero (my bank is ING) and it worked pretty well. Money was transferred really fast and uncomplicated.