Mar 16, 2026, 2:51 PM⚠️ 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us ⚠️
Our long-term payment provider, Nexi, has terminated our contract without prior notice.
As a result, our supporters’ recurring credit card and direct debit donations have been halted by them.
This affects more than 450 FSFE supporters, whom we have already informed by email.
Read more here: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.en.html
Mar 18, 2026, 4:03 PMWow 🤩 it is so amazing to see how many of you come together to support our work for #SoftwareFreedom 💖
A big thank you to all of you,
💚 who started to support our work,
🩵 who changed their means of payment and updated to our new provider,
💙 who shared our post and spread the word.
Every single contribution counts!
❤️❤️❤️
450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us ⚠️
Thanks for the heads up.
Nexi is now on a do not use list.
Presumably the action is bending to trumpist pressure. We need a very strong reaction from EU to stop such crap.
@Kerplunk @fsfe After reading their Wikipedia article, I'm thinking this has nothing to do with US/Trump, but that they try to re-sell that data in a dubious way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexi
![As January 2026, the continued decline in Nexi's share price had been due to corporate inefficiencies that have led to increased debt, partly due to M&A transactions and partly to poor corporate operations. In fact, it is precisely to resolve these problems that are plaguing the company that Piergiorgio Pedron[34] has been appointed CFO, who will take up the role starting in April 2026.](https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/116/248/877/008/457/665/original/2c347ba9d35f4bc2.png)
To be honest I am unsure on Nexi, they may well have joined the institutions following trumpistani wishes to crush all of the left.
In any case, as far as I am concerned NEXI gets NO MORE BUSINESS from me.
@fsfe " to be specifically the usernames and passwords of our supporters. "
Sorry, did they really ask for passwords?!?
That sounds like an attempt to identity fraud or computer breakin. Both are a crime in most countries. Did you check the options to have them prosecuted?
(apart from the fact its impossible, cause a competent organisation does't have the passwords, only hashes)
Das muss man wohl im Einklang sehen mit:
"US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives" 🫣
Mar 17, 2026, 2:23 PM@fsfe great advertising for digital sovereignty when your europe based payment provider cancels you for no ever reason. Maybe the Wikipedia sites of Nexi need an update to reflect that.
@fsfe Wow, this is an awful story. Have you informed the press? @heiseonline
Hi, @fsfe I hope my donation helps. Its not big but send with love.
@fsfe I am sorry to hear about the termination of the contract with Nexi, as it clearly causes an unfair burden on the FSFE and its supporters. However, as someone working in the IT sector, I find the narrative regarding the specific request for 'usernames and passwords' quite puzzling and, frankly, unlikely.
@fsfe Payment providers like Nexi already handle sensitive donor data and often possess more financial insights into transactions than the merchant itself. Furthermore, it is common knowledge in the IT world that psw should be encrypted or hashed; a major financial institution requesting plain-text passwords or access to authentication credentials during a 'risk analysis' would be a massive security breach in itself, which is hard to reconcile with banking compliance standards.
@fsfe While I support the FSFE’s commitment to privacy, this specific part of the explanation feels like a potential misunderstanding of the technical or legal terminology used during the audit. I believe providing more clarity on what exactly was requested (perhaps specific API access or KYC documentation?) would make the report more credible to the technical community.