[mohsen1]

I used to live in the United States and recently moved to Germany. Using PayPal for payments is a lot more common here than Germany. In fact I connected my Uber account to my credit card via PayPal and my partner pays for a lot of things online via PayPal.

PayPal is also used for transferring money between friends and family quite frequently

[valina-line]

Yeah! Germany is big in the PayPal game; especially since they introduced delayed payment. There's an new alternative: https://wero-wallet.eu/

I think the reasoning was to be less dependent on the US. I hope to see it exceed – more competition is great.

[ks2048]

I have been trying to help someone in Guatemala receive payments from international tourists and PayPal seems to be the best option we've found, even though I don't like using it (horror stories about money being stranded in locked account, etc).

[PearlRiver]

Dutch people always complain that in Germany they can't use their phones to pay. It really does feel like going back to 1995 sometimes.

[NekkoDroid]

> Dutch people always complain that in Germany they can't use their phones to pay.

I pay p much everywhere with my phone using the Sparkasse apps NFC payment. Maybe it's a north/south divide (assuming the dutch are mostly visiting the north, as I am in the south).