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Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant

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666 points jcartw | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.644s | source
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marcodiego ◴[08 Apr 25 11:55 UTC] No.43620631[source]▶
I'm a Brazilian. Everything here can be paid through pix. It's very convenient, fast reliable and, for a country like ours where walking on the streets with money is a risk, safe.

There's only one reason I don't use it: there's no FLOSS app (AFAIK) to use it.

Something as common as the dominant payment system should not depend on proprietary software.

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souenzzo ◴[08 Apr 25 12:20 UTC] No.43620844[source]▶
Do you use/recommend any FOSS payment system?

I could not find any VISA foss software.

if there is any payment system that MAY be FOSS in the future, it is PIX. Not apple wallet.

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1. kasey_junk ◴[08 Apr 25 12:43 UTC] No.43621077[source]▶
Contactless pix will (has? It’s been a bit since I had to worry about payment rails) allow pix integration with Apple Wallet.