Sweden is on its way to becoming the first cashless society on Earth

From Quartz –

“There’s a conspicuous lack of cash on Sweden’s streets.

So ubiquitous are digital payments in the country that attempting a paper money transaction at a Swedish bank might provoke a suspicious stare or a report to the police. That’s according to Niklas Arvidsson, a professor at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology.”

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Missing the question: Do we want to go cashless?

From ATM Marketplace –

“Media attention on the prospect of a cashless society has intensified, with the card networks leading the propaganda charge. In its latest report, MasterCard Advisors has measured the progress towards a cashless society in more than 30 economies across the globe.

Here we analyze the missing question: Do we even want to go cashless?”

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