The post specifies “American companies”, I provided a non-american example. Certainly I prefer the possibility of choosing from two countries.
Also, as for how China is better, China hasn’t sanctioned any country AFAIK from using UnionPay unlike the USA, so it has no precedent of being used as a political tool
Making such an infrastructure change is such a heavy thing to do that frankly even if we would assume that China is somehow benevolent (an absurd claim imho but let’s assume), it wouldn’t be worth it.
The only alternative is a real European implementation.
The post specifies “American companies”, I provided a non-american example. Certainly I prefer the possibility of choosing from two countries.
Also, as for how China is better, China hasn’t sanctioned any country AFAIK from using UnionPay unlike the USA, so it has no precedent of being used as a political tool
Making such an infrastructure change is such a heavy thing to do that frankly even if we would assume that China is somehow benevolent (an absurd claim imho but let’s assume), it wouldn’t be worth it.
The only alternative is a real European implementation.
At least from the wikipedia article, seems UnionPay can be used wherever Discover is accepted, as they have an inter-operative agreement.
It’s true it is an alternative, but it doesnt seem like a beneficial switch either.
What do you mean by infrastructure change? UnionPay is already allowed and you can increasingly frequently find the option to pay with it in Europe