For a functional card you still only have Visa and MasterCard as options
Yes. I could use my Girocard in other European countries, but only because they always get co-badged with what is now Visa Debit and Debit MasterCard. Outside of SEPA it didn’t work at all in the past
Cards already work without US companies, just on a national basis.
In the nations that have them. Which is just a few of them. And you generally can’t use them abroad I believe?
For a functional card you still only have Visa and MasterCard as options. That’s something the EU needs to work on.
Yes. I could use my Girocard in other European countries, but only because they always get co-badged with what is now Visa Debit and Debit MasterCard. Outside of SEPA it didn’t work at all in the past