Berlin's digital committee decided to introduce the European payment system Wero. The House of Representatives still needs to approve it.

Berliners will soon have to pay fees and other payments to the administration via the payment system Wero. This was decided by the digital committee of the House of Representatives, according to a report by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Wero – a combination of We and Euro – is a digital payment service that allows money to be transferred by providing a mobile phone number or an email address. It is intended to be positioned against US payment services such as Paypal.

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  • AlchalideEnglish
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    1 day ago

    It’s being presented as being the same as ideal. We’ve been using this for many years. You can pay using your banking app but you can also use your bankcard and an “identifier”. If you want to pay something online you get a code or qr code presented on the website you buy the product. You put your bankcard into the identifier, enter your pin, enter the code or scan the qr and the identifier pops out a code that you enter on the website and the payment is instantly done. If you just use your baking app without the identifier, you are limited in the amount you can pay and the app will sometimes ask to use your identifier and card. It’s really easy and convenient in my opinion.

    Edit: we only use our banking app and card. No other accounts needed.