This is the only correct way. An EU-funded open-data, open-government, open-source Project with the whole purpose of building a non-profit alternative to Visa or even PayPal
government = people who live in the country. So government services are literally by the people for the people. trying to profit from them is like having a parasite.
A few years back I remember who I believe was a commission leader in Brussels commenting on Pix along the lines of: Pix has given banking access to many Brazilians. We already have a very high quota in Europe, so we will not need an equivalent system… I don’t think there’s much interest in the political sphere for a publicly run solution like this.
Pix had anything to do with banking access. You need to have a bank account to have access to pix. Pix is a money transfer system, that is free for individual users and extremely cheap for companies, controlled by the central bank that works instantly 24/7.
Edit: is also mandatory for banks and financial institutions so everyone has it
I’m aware. The difference in fees compared to MC/Visa for example is staggering, but no surprise if the infrastructure isn’t profit-oriented. I was just making the point, that the ones responsible to make it happen in Europe are making excuses for why it won’t be done. It is true though, that around the time of Pix being implemented there was a boom in financial inclusion in Brazil. But that might have just as well been because of the pandemic and Pix just made it easier for everyone.
Fund tranfering should be a gov service provided at cost and maintained as a partnership between nations to make commerce easy for their citizens.
Profit shouldn’t even be a concern.
For bank transfers this is already a thing, it’s called SEPA. Transfers are instant and free (to the user at least, no idea if the banks have to pay).
But yes, there should be an equivalent thing for in-person payments too.
This is the only correct way. An EU-funded open-data, open-government, open-source Project with the whole purpose of building a non-profit alternative to Visa or even PayPal
Will never happen though :-(
(gov provided) services should never be for profit
government = people who live in the country. So government services are literally by the people for the people. trying to profit from them is like having a parasite.
Brazilian Pix be like:
A few years back I remember who I believe was a commission leader in Brussels commenting on Pix along the lines of: Pix has given banking access to many Brazilians. We already have a very high quota in Europe, so we will not need an equivalent system… I don’t think there’s much interest in the political sphere for a publicly run solution like this.
Things have changed now and Brussels is slowly working on a digital euro.
Pix had anything to do with banking access. You need to have a bank account to have access to pix. Pix is a money transfer system, that is free for individual users and extremely cheap for companies, controlled by the central bank that works instantly 24/7.
Edit: is also mandatory for banks and financial institutions so everyone has it
I’m aware. The difference in fees compared to MC/Visa for example is staggering, but no surprise if the infrastructure isn’t profit-oriented. I was just making the point, that the ones responsible to make it happen in Europe are making excuses for why it won’t be done. It is true though, that around the time of Pix being implemented there was a boom in financial inclusion in Brazil. But that might have just as well been because of the pandemic and Pix just made it easier for everyone.
But think of the poor banks and card companies!!