I have not tried Wero, but I have tried the german predecessor (paydirekt/giropay). It was ... not much less smooth than PayPal.

But I’ve only ever seen a single vendor offering it. 0 for Wero so far.

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fallingbananna 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

In most countries, Wero is still in incubating stage. i.e., banks anouncing that in the next 3 years they will support it.

Of course it's not widely used by vendors when it's still in development. I am hopeful that it will take off to some degree in the nearest 5 years though.

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LelouBil 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think vendors can offer Wero yet. I think it's part of the merger with other European companies.

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Semaphor 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That is what keeps confusing me when people hype wero. It essentially (I think some limited trials?) doesn't exist for B2C, and sending money to friends is a very minor use case.

So once it has really broad support and can be used as merchant, is when it'll maybe become interesting.

	▲	LelouBil 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well it's a nice thing to be able to send money across european countries only with a phone number even if it's only among consumers for now. But it's been confirmed they are merging with companies that are already B2C in their own countries to bring a european B2C system

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ahoef 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wero is essentially iDeal. iDeal is great.

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whazor 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It is not. Wero has charge back support and therefor higher fees. There is quite some interest in Pay by Bank via PSD2 APIs. This is much more similar to iDeal and can work for the entire EU.

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r1ch 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Great for merchants, not so much for consumers. Once the merchant has your money it's very difficult to get it back if things go wrong.

	▲	omnimus 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What is the alternative? I am not sure i can get my money back once they leave the card.