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doomrobo | 1 year ago

In Europe, this is not uncommon for online purchases. You put in your IBAN number and authorize the transaction

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cubefox|1 year ago

Yes. In Germany there is Giropay, where you get redirected to your online banking (it remembers your bank), you have to log in, and submit the already pre-filled transaction. It's literally a normal bank transfer from the user perspective. Not something that happens on the server side.

loeg|1 year ago

FedNow is analogous to SWIFT, not applications like Giropay / iDEAL / wero.

lxgr|1 year ago

It's a scheme layered on top of regular SEPA bank transfers. As such, it does not work across borders, for example, and not even with all German banks.

pjmlp|1 year ago

You can also pay with SEPA directly, although not everyone supports.

However I consider that highly unsafe.

loeg|1 year ago

FedNow is not launching in Europe.

cubefox|1 year ago

Instant bank transfers already exist in Europe.

> TIPS is a harmonised and standardised pan-European service with common functionalities for the settlement of Instant Payments across different countries and jurisdictions. It is based on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer scheme.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/target/target-professional-us...

> In 2020, Lael Brainard announced the upcoming FedNow service would provide "a neutral platform on which the private sector can build to offer safe, efficient instant payment services to users across the country",[20] after 2018 the European Central Bank launched the TIPS instant payment settlement system.[21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedNow

lxgr|1 year ago

Sometimes it can be worthwhile to see what other countries have been successfully doing for decades. It won't prevent anyone from reinventing the wheel if they still have their mind set on it :)