Tin Pot
Guru
It seems all the card payment systems, including some cashpoints, have gone down this afternoon. Mid-way through getting some shopping I heard an announcement that all tills could only take cash. People, including me, just walked out, not having the means to pay in cash. What happened to the cashless society then, eh? That didn't last long .
Pretty sure you can blame the Americans.
All my buddies protecting Visa Europe have been given their marching orders since Visa.com (US) re-acquired them. I have not seen a single instance in my career where a US parent company has given a flying fark what happens outside of the US.
It’s an obsolete business anyway, cards are dead. Move over to other systems.
Or try out this anonymous system of exchanging tokens I’ve been looking at. Never been a fan, but have you heard of “pound notes”? It sounds crazy, but I think it’s one better than bitcoin imho.