

They’re different products, Wero offers features Bizum does not. Ultimately Wero is a product banks can make more money off of so they’re likely to invest eventually. But atm Wero is unproven in the actual market, so it remains to be seen how well it will catch on. That’s why these banks don’t want to make the switch immediately, and prefer this expansion route first. If the consumer demand is there, the banks will follow.

Recently the largest supermarket chain in the country here saw suspicious activities on their servers and had to shut down nearly everything to contain the hack. Online delivery was stopped immediately, empty shelves soon followed. It took them a week to get the logistics back in order.
That was an unsuccessful attack that paralysed nearly 40% of supermarkets here. No need to use the stockpiles just yet, but a good indicator that it doesn’t take much for shelves to go empty for a bit.