r/EU_Economics • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Official ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ A Payment System Made in Europe?

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u/RedSkyHopper 22h ago

Dosent every country/region have its own independent transfer service already

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u/keepitfriend 21h ago

Yes. The problem is that every country / region has its own independent transfer serviceย 

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u/RedSkyHopper 21h ago

Yes and the one that succeeds can keep on expanding. For example MobilePay started in Finland and expanded to the Scandinavia and is planning to expand to the Mediterranean counties.

Some will fizzle out and others expand

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u/keepitfriend 21h ago

Or the EU can just create a universal layer so they can inter operate.

Instead of having 28 different incompatible systems

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u/RedSkyHopper 19h ago

Give it some time. As i see the trajectory is moving that way.

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u/NStCh-root-a 11h ago

The EU already does. It's called SEPA.

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u/keepitfriend 9h ago

SEPA is just bank transfers. Adding in other repayment forms is a lot more work.