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At a café in Copenhagen, they now take electronic payment only. No cash. Is this becoming normal?
- Not in the UK. It feels quite the opposite at the moment.Hayzilla
- How so? They're just now talking about taking penny coins out of circulation and every time I go to the shop, some youngling's paying with their phonedetritus
- I've heard China is worsepango
- I had lunch at Tender Greens here in San Diego last week and they no longer accept cash.Krassy
- https://www.tendergr…Krassy
- I’m at a point where I get upset if a place doesn’t accept Apple PayHijoDMaite
- I still don't know how to set up apple pay or android version.pango
- I can't think of a single reason I'd want to pay with a mobile phone.detritus
- Sweden pretty much leads the way. The last time I paid for anything with physical cash was probably four years ago, maybe longer.face_melter
- @Detritus. The closest petrol station to my office doesn't take contactless and the shop closest to my house doesn't take cards let alone contactless.Hayzilla
- @Detritus. Don't get me wrong I love contactless and especially Apple Pay. I have 4 cards on it. But still have to use cash almost daily annoyingly.Hayzilla
- I managed to lose ~£140 in cash on Jan 1st this year, coming home from holiday, so I appreciate the value of cashless, but it's a trend that concerns me a bit.detritus
- I suppose Apple and Android offer alternatives to the apparent Govtl desire to have Visa and Mastercard preside over all our transactionsdetritus
- The whole chip or no chip, then insert or slide, then accept, then pin, then cash back? all that is annoying.HijoDMaite
- Most Nordic banks offer zero fees on debit cards (which are more common than credit). I live in Norway, have not used cash since 2008drgs
- Zero fees to whom - consumer or merchant?detritus
- The merchant - there's no minimum spend when you use a card. Buy a telly or buy some gum, all the same.face_melter
- Yea I still have to pay 50p to use my card in my local shop, whether it's £2 or £200. Crazy really in 2018set
- Most corner (convenience) shops have a £5 minimum on a card here in Brightonset
- Wankersset
- And so if the merchant pays, who does she charge? Because of EU law (2018) we now cannot charge for card transactions = all prices go up.detritus
- Which is great if you're a national supermarket chain on 10p charges, less so if you're a small business or individual on 3% of transaction value.detritus
- Convenience is great for consumer spending, big business and governmental control. It's a two-sided coin through.detritus