Beco

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Poland’s BLIK looking to break US dominance of European cashless payment systems in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] Beco@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes - it’s blik contactless which was developed with Mastercard - it’s sometimes visible on receipts. but perhaps wide adoption might motivate Blik to develop their own system without USians.

Poland’s BLIK looking to break US dominance of European cashless payment systems in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] Beco@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I use always for online payments - super convenient. Recently started using it for self-checkouts at grocery shops - unfortunately much less convenient than card: i need to take out phone, confirm transaction, write my pin compared to pay with apple wallet with faceid its much slower. There is also blik contactless for android phones but it’s developed with mastercard.

Retirement investing in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] Beco@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Thank you for this insight, very informative! Will definitely check it out.

Retirement investing in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] Beco@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Yes this is super important to use these accounts!! My stocks are bought with it, but I am still able to choose from multiple ETFs here :)

Retirement investing in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] Beco@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

Sound like a cool idea! I will definitely look into esg funds. The migration to european fund provider was also something I was planning to do.

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Retirement investing (piefed.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/europe/p/1794257/retirement-investing

Hi, since there is no community dedicated for investing from EU out there I will ask here!

How do you approach investing for retirement?

All the US-boycotting movements suggests avoiding ETFs with US exposure but it also limits opportunities. From other hand we don’t like major corporations here on fediverse so I shouldn’t hope and profit from their growth. I guess euro stocks are more aligned with buy from EU movement and small cap stocks ETF may be more ethical choice. But I’m still not ready to do that move, as I have most of my savings in EUNL (Core MSCI World). I also have some exposure to gold and Apple specifically.

Or do you simply not pay attention to investing in stocks and more to investing in community/friends/skills?

I would love to read some your takes 😊

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Retirement investing (piefed.social)
 

Hi, since there is no community dedicated for investing from EU out there I will ask here!

How do you approach investing for retirement?

All the US-boycotting movements suggests avoiding ETFs with US exposure but it also limits opportunities. From other hand we don’t like major corporations here on fediverse so I shouldn’t hope and profit from their growth. I guess euro stocks are more aligned with buy from EU movement and small cap stocks ETF may be more ethical choice. But I’m still not ready to do that move, as I have most of my savings in EUNL (Core MSCI World). I also have some exposure to gold and Apple specifically.

Or do you simply not pay attention to investing in stocks and more to investing in community/friends/skills?

I would love to read some your takes 😊

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Crypto wallet/exchange mobile app? (piefed.social)
 

Hi, can you recommend some EU based crypto app?
Right now I use exodus for custody but it’s traded on NYSE and US based, doesn’t support EUR based stablecoins too.

I just heard about Bleap which is based legally in Poland but app is not even polish so I guess they try to attract foreign clients. It seems like they offer cheap purchasing of crypto with euro and spending crypto daily with card. I would love to read some more opinions though before sending them my Id.

Any recommendations?