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0 pointsreddalo5d ago0 comments

> And to send payments across friends there's instant bank wires

That's nice (when it's free), but banking apps are clunky, unfriendly, heavy and slow. Unicredit and Intesa, two main Italian banks, both have apps that are atrocious to use and riddled with annoyances.

People want an easy and quick way to send/receive money (Satispay does that almost well).

And for some banks Wero seems like it's going to be available through your existing bank app. Which is a no-go for me.

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epolanski5d ago

> That's nice (when it's free), but banking apps are clunky, unfriendly, heavy and slow.

They are all fine for a simple wire transfer.

I do have Intesa myself cause I've got mortgage through them and sending a wire transfer is both simple and fast.

So is on our other accounts: BBVA (Italian), mBank (Polish), Credem (Italian), Mediobanca (IT) and XTB and Revolut (both PL and IT).

I think you're really describing a 10 year old non-issue.

reddaloOP5d ago

I use both Unicredit and Intesa almost daily and they're both dreadful. And their "home banking" websites are even worse.

Useless notifications, pop-ups everywhere, they even stuff ads in between my account balance list. They don't follow iOS nor Android guidelines at all. They're slow and clunky.

Compare them to either Satispay or PayPal. They also have their own problems, but at least their apps are quick and easy to use. I've never used Revolut, but I'm pretty sure that's also super good.

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