Berliners will soon have to pay fees and other payments to the administration via the payment system Wero. This was decided by the digital committee of the House of Representatives, according to a report by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).
Wero – a combination of We and Euro – is a digital payment service that allows money to be transferred by providing a mobile phone number or an email address. It is intended to be positioned against US payment services such as Paypal.
“Will soon have to” sounds very much like it is not optional. Mandatory shit sucks. Make me want to use it instead of forcing it down my throat pls.
According to the linked source in the German article https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2026/01/berlin-verwaltung-wero-paypal-alternative-europa-bezahlung.html “the goal is to be able to pay digitally with Wero for administrative services in Berlin.” (translation and emphasis mine)
Thank you. I hoped it was bad wording.