Vinstaal0

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[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 4 minutes ago

You still won't be able to pay on the majority of American sites, since they lack a proper payment platform.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 6 minutes ago

Even if you are good with your finances, they are still more expensive and if you use some kind of bookkeeping or budgeting software, you will have issues connecting the export.

Yes, I know of cashback, but those don't exist everywhere and exist so you buy more to fund the consumerism going on. Which is actively hurting society.

The insurance part is nice, but often it's not better than what you get with a normal bank card.

Creditcards in most countries will hurt your credt score because of if you are paying money to pay off a credit card you cannot use that money to pay for your mortgage.

There is also that technical benefit of having to pay later which means you can "invest" that money, but for the average joe that is an irrelevant benefit.

The only benefit to me of having one is that I can use them on American sites that don't support other payment platforms which is most American sites (including Amazon.com, while the European brands do support Wero etc.)

You might be able to handle the responsibility of the credit card, but a lot of people don't.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 points 44 minutes ago

Being able to pay without 2FA is just risky business which is why the Dutch banks worked together (and so did the Belgium banks etc) to create a tool to make digital payments more secure. idk why it took so long to get one system for the entirety of the SEPA banking area though

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Fuck credit cards they are terrible for your finances.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 4 points 2 hours ago

or just use Wero which they are gonna use anyway

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

Make sure 2FA is enables on all your banking

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 5 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

In a lot of countries you cannot just use your debit card directly on Steam like you would a credit card which includes just entering the numbers and you are good to go. Or in some cases it directs you to the credit card provider where you have to authenticate the payment.

Here in NL we have to use iDeal if we want to pay online with most banks, this requires us to 2FA the payment by scanning a code using their app. iDeal will become Wero and will become an international system since a lot of countries had something similar to the Dutch iDeal.