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One recent example: paying bills in Switzerland [1]. Although those have to be scanned by a banking app.

[1] https://www.six-group.com/en/newsroom/media-releases/2020/20...

It is not required to pay bills by scanning the QR code. It is perfectly possible to enter the IBAN and reference number manually as long as your banking provider lets you do so.

What is required is that you, when creating an invoice, provide the QR code for doing so.

I’m not sure were I said that it was required? I was responding to the comment. I see a huge benefit from scanning the QR code as it saves me trouble having to manually enter all the info. Older barcode style bills also worked but somehow scanning was always wonky.

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