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U.S. government claims of unfair trade practices for bypassing traditional credit networks like Visa and Mastercard.

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then those companies can leave Brazil. What happened to free market?

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In general, the U.S. govt will impose higher tariffs on your products. Or cut off funding for infrastructure or humanitarian projects.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The United Mafia of America

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Hello China

[–] SolarMyth@aussie.zone 22 points 2 weeks ago

Help! We can't extract wealth from Brazil! It's unfair!

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well that doesn't sound very "free market"...

[–] Vandalismo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I dream of seeing american politicians starving

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

PIX is awesome. Fuck credit card fees.

[–] BehavioralClam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I mean it's basically QR direct transfers in banking apps. Most countries do it.

It's still awesome even (or especially) if everyone does it. Visa, Mastercard and the like are obsolete social parasites thanks to these services.

Also, you don't even need a QR code for PIX. Just knowing the person's phone number or CPF is enough.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

YOU ARENT PAYING US FOR THR PRIVILEGE OF US ROBBING YPU BLIND, ITS UNFAIR, UNFAIR

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Lol! Not even the English-speaking media is caring to pretend the US has any reason to look.

They even got into the trap of asking a Brazilian what he thinks of the "fraud risk" thing English-speakers talk so much about...

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A better question is why the US can't figure out this kind of payment system. Isn't Trump supposed to be the crypto President?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's very hard to figure out a solution when you directly profit from workarounds

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ah, I see why there's confusion... He's the criminal president and should be in a crypt ...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Wait until Europe does the same...