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He would feel home in Germany then. Most people prefer cash here for same reason.
by roadbeats 8y ago
He would feel home in Germany then. Most people prefer cash here for same reason.
- gmueckl 8y agoThis is mostly because payment systems in Germany are not there yet. Supermarkets often still require a minimum amount before they accept bank cards. There are tons of shops which don't accept credit cards at all. Also, often payment with cash turns out to be executed faster than going through the motions with a card (the waiting times between steps are unusually long).
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y agoPerhaps Germany might be lucky in that when (if?) cards finally see widespread adoption everywhere will have NFC support so that solutions like Apple Pay will be accepted everywhere. It seems likely because most new card systems accept NFC. We’ve seen very slow adoption of NFC based systems in the USA mainly because of legacy systems.
- DocTomoe 8y agoPayment systems also are unpopular because, you know, Germany had not one, but two highly snooping dictatorships in the last century and knows where data collection leads to - straight to the concentration camp/the gulag. Unfortunately, credit cards are on the rise here.
- djsumdog 8y agoI also find it incredible that German trains in most cities still use paper tickets exclusively (where as many other cities have payments cards). Although some cities do let you use a Handy (mobile phone), so it's like they skipped over the card base tech entirely. (I still prefer cards. They still work if my battery dies or I leave my phone somewhere).
- agumonkey 8y agoneighbor said Thailand and a few other asian countries are cash first too.
- walterstucco 8y agoIn Italy as well But for all the wrong reasons