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Comment by jdminhbg

11 days ago

Do you see what the issue might be with the parenthetical there?

Of course, but are you aware that there are already cross-country agreements that allow these systems to work, for example, UPI is accepted in Singapore?

https://support.google.com/pay/india/answer/13949170?hl=en

There are also alternatives like WePay, AliPay, LINE Pay and other wallet providers that are generally accepted across Asia.

The use of the Visa and MC networks is primarily a US/EU/APAC environment, where the alliance of bank issuers has controlled that market for decades.

This is essentially a "legacy" network, with a lot of issues related to the interchange and other fees, as well as any number of 3rd parties, hidden from the consumer, that "clip the ticket" of each transaction.