The European Central Bank's €1.3 billion bet offers an alternative to the U.S. payments giants, but it faces an uphill battle to win over consumers, merchants, and banks.
There is zero support for Taler in the EU. They are currently raising money for creating an institution with the license to handle real money in the EU. The GLS bank in Germany was supposed to work on it, but reportedly they stopped their pilot project because of unspecified concerns.
Taler is only actually running with real money in Switzerland.
I’ve been waiting for taler for so long. I even have the app installed and I’ve played with their kudos.
But support is absolutely non existant, both in europe and the rest of the world. I wish govts pushed a lot more for it, and gave it all the money and resources it needed.
Wero is very rapidly taking over europe, with a lot of important banks now supporting it. It’s mostly businesses that need to start accepting it, at this point.
Yes, exactly, unless EU forces them with proper backing like with legislation or some other measure, they won’t take off. Also Wero is still very limited “Wero is currently available in France, Germany, and Belgium, with more countries joining soon.”
There are already GNU Taler and Wero, both with half assed EU support.
There is zero support for Taler in the EU. They are currently raising money for creating an institution with the license to handle real money in the EU. The GLS bank in Germany was supposed to work on it, but reportedly they stopped their pilot project because of unspecified concerns. Taler is only actually running with real money in Switzerland.
Oh, even worse then. I vaguely remember that Taler was indeed backed up by EU but perhaps “backed up” is not correct phrasing.
They do have a grant that is still active https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135475
But that doesn’t give them the legal ability to exchange Euro…
I’ve been waiting for taler for so long. I even have the app installed and I’ve played with their kudos.
But support is absolutely non existant, both in europe and the rest of the world. I wish govts pushed a lot more for it, and gave it all the money and resources it needed.
Wero is very rapidly taking over europe, with a lot of important banks now supporting it. It’s mostly businesses that need to start accepting it, at this point.
Yes, exactly, unless EU forces them with proper backing like with legislation or some other measure, they won’t take off. Also Wero is still very limited “Wero is currently available in France, Germany, and Belgium, with more countries joining soon.”