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'March to independence': Christine Lagarde wants EU to ditch Visa, Mastercard for own platform (www.businesstoday.in)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60483272

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60461323

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like the digital euro is coming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Lol. Fuck no, they're talking about scaling iDeal after the recent purchase. Previously it has been specific to the Netherlands but it was bought by the EU, and will likely replace the current payment processor middlemen with its inherently bank-to-bank protocols.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/02/07/does-the-european-central-bank-have-a-lagarde-problem_6501441_23.html

Christine Lagarde is not someone the world Should listen to. She is also the director of the IMF and all the homies hate the IMF:

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/imf-criticism/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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