So they do. However, most Aussies still have a credit card

Who uses these for age verification?

It uses the same function and process as credit. Besides which, most Australians have a credit card of some form anyway.

It uses the same function and the point stands…most Australians use a credit card or BNPL which is essentially the same.

I believe it does, in fact I can find out for sure because my son is on Steam I believe, and runs Visa debit

I’ll go ask him

Edit: yes he does and yes he adds funds to his Steam account using his Visa debit card

Glad I could help here ay, most of the time I’m fairly useless

I will say, as is alluded by discussion further on, there is a big lean from many toward Visa debit because it uses existing funds. Most I know who are working and even a few not working maintain credit cards however.

Or BNPL; I actually prefer it because there’s no maintaining credit fees and I can maintain it well enough.

It really depends on which Australia you qualify in. I’m in the B team so credit offerings aren’t something I’m really a part of, aside from BNPL. Many Aussies who ‘own’ homes run most of their lives through credit cards and home loan equity.

I’m an Australian

I don’t know an adult Australian who doesn’t at least have a Visa debit card, which more or less functions as the same.

Many use EFTPOS (and quite frankly our government should move that to a credit payment facility so we can ditch the American ones) but what that Aussie told you is not correct; in fact most of the larger retailers are pushing for cashless transactions.