I capi delle banche del Regno Unito intendono creare un’alternativa Visa e Mastercard tra i timori di Trump

Cool. I’d rather get buried in interest payments by one of our scumbag bankers than one of theirs.

Digital payment networks should really be treated like public infrastructure, or at least that’s what I’d want to say except having seen how we’ve treated the rest of our public infrastructure for the last 20 years.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Trump has single handedly destroyed all American power in his attempts to not get locked up for the peadophilic crimes he has committed.

America went from a backwards hell hole with nothing but man power in 1940 to the global biggest power after world war two. They make money in every sector, in every country and have their tentacles everywhere.

This man has single handedly made every country question all of it and look for alternatives.

America is only rich and only survives because of this world power.

If Europe tomorrow sold it’s US debt bonds the US finds itself in $3tn of debt overnight.

Isolationism is what he aimed for and it’ll be coming harder for America long after he is dead.

Good move. VISA and Mastercard proved themselves to be vulnerable to special interest groups lobbying against certain kinds of transactions.

Hence Steam had to withdraw adult products from its store when VISA/MC threatened them with withdrawal of payment services. (The lobbying group in question being an Australian anti-porn lobbying group (ffs!)).

That should not be possible. These payment providers cannot be allowed to deny transactions when some uppity lobbying group gets vocal.