Quote from: smaragda on October 05, 2015, 09:48:04 AM

Quote from: illodin on October 05, 2015, 08:20:22 AM

Is there a reason a consumer would want to buy emunies first to do the purchase with instead of just using his/her visa card?

As a consumer, I would rather use an eMunie debit card because no 3rd party service/company/network/database is involved in holding my balance and/or loading the card.

Not to mention that consumers will also be able to create the card itself (probably not a mainstream characteristic though):

Quote from: Fuserleer on October 04, 2015, 11:24:09 PM

...or if they have access to (or purchase) a cheap EMV compatible card reader and the correct card type, they can install the cardlet application and create their own.

Not only that, the merchant doesn't get busted with 1-3% fees, but a flat 1 cent (in equivalent EMU) fee, so some could actually offer the product cheaper if purchased with EMU, another incentive

True, most consumers would just opt to buy the cards from a trusted provider, or maybe ask a friend who is "computery" to make one for them (everyone has a `computery` friend

)...but, for the paranoid amongst us, the cost of making your own for you and your family is low enough to be viable, and its simply 2 commands in the client to do it.