Comment on Heads up on physical PaySafe Cards as an alternative to physical Steam Gift Cards [DE]

• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero:

  The service initially focused on person-to-person transfers, and from November 2025 expanded to e-commerce payments.[8] In-store payments started in September 2026 through the complete switch of the established Payconiq payment network to Wero in Luxembourg.[9]

  So it started this months to be usable in stores. I assume it will be integrated into Steam then, I hope so. I didn’t look into it in detail. Currently looking on the webpage wero-wallet.eu . I assume a bank account or identification is required.

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  • TheBlackFang@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In-store payments refers to physical store locations. Steam is e-commerce. Wero has been ready for this for almost a year now and if the merchant supports it, it works like a charm.

    That said, note that Wero is essentially an instant SEPA transaction so you obviously need a bank account. And, which is maybe not so obvious, your bank needs to support it. Essentially most (or all?) Genossenschaftsbanken and Sparkassen in Germany do; private banks not so much as of yet.

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