Проверка фактов: ЕС запрещает американские платёжные системы?

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Проверка фактов: ЕС запрещает американские платёжные системы?  Пользователи социальных сетей утверждают, что глава ЕЦБ Кристин Лагард объявила о планах "очистить" европейский рынок от таких компаний, как Visa, Mastercard и PayPal.  ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ : http://ru.euronews.com/2025/04/16/ru-is-the-eu-banning-american-credit-cards  Подписывайтесь: Euronews можно смотреть на Dailymotion на 12 языках

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00:00Is the EU banning American credit cards?

00:08Viral social media posts are claiming that the European Union wants to get rid of American payment cards such as Visa and MasterCard,

00:15as well as foreign online payment platforms like PayPal and Alipay.

00:19These posts on X say that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde made the announcement

00:24and that she's planning to replace them with European alternatives.

00:27One post in Dutch even says that Lagarde wants to replace these payment methods with the Central Bank's incoming digital euro.

00:34However, Lagarde's words have been taken out of context.

00:37A Google search takes us to an interview she gave to Irish radio station Newstalk on 2 April,

00:43in which she warned that Europe must end its reliance on US and Chinese technology.

00:48At around the 6 minute 20 mark, Lagarde stresses the importance of Europe being able to take control of its own digital payments.

00:54Whether you use a card or whether you use a phone, typically it goes through Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Alipay.

01:03Where are all those cards coming from?

01:06Well, either the US or China.

01:08And the whole sort of infrastructure mechanism that allows for the payment, credit and debit is not a European solution.

01:17That is the point, which is where I think that we have to reduce that vulnerability

01:22and make sure that there is a European offer that is available, just in case.

01:26You never know.

01:27So, with her words in context, Lagarde makes it clear that she wants there to be a European alternative existing

01:32alongside these US and Chinese payment methods.

01:35She didn't mention getting rid of them.

01:37We also reached out to the European Central Bank, which confirmed that it's not advocating banning these payment systems.

01:43Amid continued misinformation that digital currencies would replace cash,

01:47the ECB once again assured that the digital euro would complement cash and existing digital payment methods.

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