Why doesn't the EU force these banks to support all platforms including web?

I mean, if they can force Microsoft to support other browsers than IE6, then why can't they force banks?

I expect everyone who can conceive of something other than Android or iOS* on a phone is on HN, and not a bureaucrat in Brussels.

*(or BB, webOS, Windows Phone 7 Phone OS Phone Microsoft, Symbian, etc. if old enough)

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izacus 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Why not have US Federal Government enforce this instead? It's way more impactful for most HN users.

Why wait for Brussels beaurocrats we all have this much and not have the most important tech country in the world make this law?

	▲	OJFord a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		..sure? I don't personally care what either enforces, since I'm in neither jurisdiction. I wouldn't have thought the US is any more (or even as) likely to personally, but sure. I said Brussels because comment I replied to said EU.

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BirAdam 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

PalmOS and webOS were the best.

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Blazara 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you're an EU citizen, contact your MEP and ask for it.

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Eric_WVGG 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not sure why this is getting downvoted (or why IE6 is being brought up in 2026). But yes, banks are super-highly regulated and for good reason. They’re subject to all sorts of accessibility laws, there’s loads of precedent here.

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

EU botched even API requirements on banks. We could have had open API to every EU bank, but nope, it must have been some bullshit for big companies to slurp data en-masse, instead of API for end users to use their data privately and comfortably from whatever app they wanted, incl. their own.

Open/individually accessible APIs would have to have be a movement, like the one with open formats for interacting with eGov.

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skeptic_ai 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So everyone needs to carry a tracking device.