@kattascha dass sowohl @EUCommission & @Europarl_DE sowas wie #Strafzölle auf #CCSS (kommerzielle proprietare #Software), #Services (#SaaS, #Hosting) & #Finanzdienste (#AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard & #PayPal) von mindestens 500-1000% sowie eine #Finanztransaktionssteuer in die #USA von mindestens 50,01% festlegen sollten versteht dich genauso wie #Asylrecht und #Daueraufenthaltfür alle die vor #Trump's Regime fliehen!
@katrinakatrinka @digyoursoul @molly0xfff OFC, it has all the drawbacks of "self-custody cash, but digital"...
I just see #Monero as a better alternstive to an #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard or #PayPal!
And unlike Other #Cryptocurrencies it's free of #SmartContracts and #NFTs so not on the perpetual tire fire that is @web3isgreat ...
Except THIS is not how any of this works!....
#Trump literally lashing out against friends and neighbours will only backfire hard, and I expect @EUCommission and @europarl_en to enact #PrizeFreezes for #US #products & #services whilst forcing #Retaliatory #Tariffs on all US #products and espechally #services, demanding 100%+ in all #fees, and #revenue of #GAFAMs' services and products to the point that they'll effectively cancel half their revenue that flows back.
Not to mention cancelling any #DataProtection agreements that only stalled the foreseeable court decision that #CloudAct is incompatible with #GDPR, thus banning #Office365 / #Microsoft365, #iCloud et. al. from the EU!
Given #Trump can't be assed to even fake any #loyality or #allied status even for the cameras, this is a #ForeseeableConsequence.
Unless we want to end up #downgraded into the state of a US-occupied overseas possession without statehood, like #Guam, #PuertoRico or #AVI...
@PWS_1 nicht nur das, sondern die #USA ziehen effektiv #Wohlstand aus der #Welt ab!
Wenn wir dann z.B. #SaaS wie #Office365, #Azure, #aws, #GCP & #Zahlungsanbieter wie #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard & #PayPal gegenrechnen dürfte das sogar noch schlechter aussehen...
@dideldum @leachimus +9001%
Der #Euro hat signifikante Vorteile für alle aber besonders #Deutschland gehabt, weil anders als #DMark keine #Umtausch-Industrie in der #EU und durch Harmonisierung deutsche Produkte billiger wurden, was bei der deutschen Exportwirtschaft vorteilhaft ist.
#wero muss sich #global behaupten können, sonst wird es bestenfalls ne nationale oder regionale Option sein wie #WeChatPay, #AliPay, #UnionPay, #JCB & #Mir, und damit kein #Wettbewerber zu #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard & #PayPal.
#wirecard war zwar nen #Betrug, aber die boten sich #global an, und solange #B2B nicht Muster mit wero auf #Alibaba / #AliExpress kaufen können und #Kleinanzeigen.de & #eBay nicht wero in "Sicher Bezahlen" unterstützt wird's sich nicht durchsetzen können.
(Okay, das war zwar @EUCommission aber das Prinzip ist gleich...)
#Zahlungsmittel sind #Infrastruktur, sogar #KritischeInfrastruktur und @BaFin täte gut daran offene, dezentrale Standards und Lösungen zu fördern und fordern. Gern auch in Zusammenarbeit mit @bundesbank@social.bund.de & @ecb ...
@vgoller @kalivene IMHO ist #wero weniger nützlich als #AMEX weil letztere wird zumindest per PayPal akzeptiert...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114171767062182521
Ich habe vorhin folgende Meldung von unserem #Zahlungsdienstleister bekommen:
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Mastercard/Maestro transactions is facing issue Globally
*An issue is identified with Mastercard/Maestro network Globally.*
There is an ongoing issue related to Mastercard/Maestro network globally, [...]
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Da ist mir der Gedanke gekommen, was würde passieren wenn #Trump anordnen würde, dass #Mastercard #Maestro #Visa #AmEx, #Diners #Discover und Andere ihre Dienste in der #EU oder generell in #Europa einzustellen haben.
Mir ist kein gängiger #Kreditkarten Anbieter bekannt der nicht irgendwie aus den #USA kommt.
Ich kann mir gerade nicht vorstellen, dass "wir" in Europa dagegen gewappnet wären.
Amex Acquires Center for Small Business Expense Management https://www.byteseu.com/805817/ #acquisitions #AmericanExpress #Amex #business #center #ExpenseManagement #News #PYMNTSNews #SmallAndMediumSizedBusinesses #SmallBusinesses #SMBs #software #What'sHot
Had an email this morning that set my spider senses sizzling - wrongly!
"Your American Express Card has been de-linked from your Android device" - it came from a genuine address, and all the checks appeared OK. My card was in my phone's wallet - so what was going on?
A lot of digging around seems to link this to my new phone - I changed my phone a couple of months ago. So, Amex have - quite rightly - de-linked the card from the Wallet that I removed from the old phone. The question remains - why has it taken them so long to send a spammy looking email.
(I'd happily ditch Amex but the cashback is quite nice, and they seem just a tiny less evil than the alternatives)
@MeanwhileinCanada
Also #boycott these GOP-supporting companies:
* #AmEx (American Express)
* Anheuser Busch
* #Boeing
* #Bose
* Century Link
* Charter Communications
* #Chevron
* Farmers/Foremost
* #FedEx
* #Geico
* #LMG (Liberty Mutual/Safeco)
* #Marlboro (Philip Morris)
* Motorola
* Nationwide Insurance
* PNC bank
* #Sony
* State Farm
* #Texaco
* #TimeWarner (#Spectrum)
* #UPS
Informative article for those of us that make #reservations to dine out a lot.
As American Express Acquires Tock, Who’s Winning the Reservation Wars? What you need to know about the state of the reservations systems today - EATER
https://www.eater.com/24183263/reservations-systems-explained-tock-resy-opentable-yelp
#tock #eater #restuaraunts #amex
Oops. I'm in #Dublin for #EuroBSDcon, and quite a bit shocked. Feels like in Hungary 15 years ago:
- my #Amex card was accepted only once, but even then they asked if I have another one.
- my #Mastercard was rejected multiple times that it's not issued in Ireland...
I've just been reminded yet again of how much I hate #AmericanExpress.
I recently received an email from "American Express Global Merchant Services" with the subject "Two questions about your Amex Merchant Relationship." It says "Account ending: #####" at the top, with a number I totally don't recognize. I examined the headers of the email carefully, and it legitimately came from #Amex. The catch: to my knowledge I don't _have_ an "Amex Merchant Relationship."
#CreditCards
1/8
@ricard And I stuck with #BackBlaze since my #AmEx card apparently does not charce USD->EUR conversion fees ... at least I have not noticed any so far.
I saw your post about #Scaleway too late ...
@tagesschau Auch wenn ich die Kritik verstehen kann, so möchte ich einen Punkt aufwerfen, der vielleicht als Pro-Punkt zu #Wero dient:
Wenn #Trump gewählt wird, kann es sein, dass die Wirtschafts- und Finanzbedingungen sich stark ändern. Wenn zu diesem Zeitpunkt ein europäischer Player am Markt ist, kann das nicht schaden.
Zumal #VISA, #Mastercard, #PayPal, #AMEX und Co., aber insbesondere die ersten drei, nicht mehr ganz so direkt und überhöht Transaktionsgebühren bestimmen können (sollen).
@davidgerard
When you say vote harder, I can’t tell if you’re joking about the relative uselessness of a voting in elections, or if you mean vote in every way. I.e. boycotts.
I’m a hard voter myself. I do the near minimalist lifestyle of not buying a lot of shit (as I write this post from a 16 year old laptop). Just about every market decision is me voting harder by buying 2nd hand and boycotting countless brands that are either directly tied to environmental harm or tied to financing right wing politicians. E.g. I boycott all ALEC members (e.g. #FedEx, #AmEx, #AnheuserBusch, #Boeing, #CenturyLink, #Chevron, #Marlboro, #Motorola, #Sony), boycott #Amazon, etc.
@ajswritesthings
@daringfireball How does this jibe with last year’s rumored #AppleCard switch from #GoldmanSachs' #MasterCard to #AmEx? https://DaringFireball.net/linked/2023/11/28/apple-goldman-breakup. (The other rumored partner was #Synchrony.)
Another possibility might be #Barclays; last month, #Goldman was supposedly in talks to transfer its #GeneralMotors card program there: https://WSJ.com/finance/goldman-sachs-general-motors-credit-card-barclays-226d2b02
(Barclays had a #Visa with #Apple Rewards card in the 2010s.)
/ @gruber
@landley the really fun part is that whilst neither #VISA nor #MasterCard nor #AMEX nor #PayPal want to admit it, #pr0n is one of their main moneymakers.
They just are too cowardly to admit that without "#AdultEntertainment" and #Gambling sites, they'd be just "#SEPA + #girocard, but worse"...
Because at the end of the day, they too are publicly traded corporations, owned and ruled by men almost as horny for money as Marsallek.
#Christofacists may believe #Porn is "evil" but whether they like it or not, said Corporations will gladly and discreetly accept this revenue because if they amd tueir payment processors don't make that money, those that will do so are the ones exchanging #Monero to and from #fiat, and that would undermine the current financial mass surveillance that Uncle Sam's proud of so no Sexworker can refuse to pay taxes...
It's like with #alcohol and #tobacco and #drugs in general: A necessary evil...
DLsite 亦暂停接受 AMEX 信用卡支付。
https://info.eisys.co.jp/dlsite/69dd17c1c4b21c06?locale=zh_CN
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#DLsite #AMEX
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