UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
About damn time!
I never understood how such a foreign duopoly was able to be created in an industry we dominate in.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternativeOpen linkView original on piefed.social106
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Brilliant, let the american companies have a say.
Thats the British way!
Probably just an unfortunate reality for companies that do big business together to work towards a third option. Hopefully it can at least lead to a third or 4th option depending what happens with the EU plans.
Came to say the same thing. But then again I shouldnt be surprised, bankers and politicians seem to really struggle with concepts like 'conflict of interest'
I remember we had Switch and Solo, they also got merged into Mastercard (Maestro)...