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>People in Europe don't use credit cards offline. That's a huge over-generalization. It's true that cash is king in Germany for instance, but Scandinavians pay

by ginko 8y ago

>People in Europe don't use credit cards offline. That's a huge over-generalization. It's true that cash is king in Germany for instance, but Scandinavians pay almost exclusively by card.

Aaargh20318 8y ago
> It's true that cash is king in Germany for instance, Sure, Germany is a bit behind the times when it comes to paying with plastic. > but Scandinavians pay almost exclusively by card Same goes for the Netherlands where I live, but we don't pay by credit card, we pay by debit card.
- mortehu 8y ago
  To clarify, in US even debit cards are primarily Visa or Mastercard, whereas in Europe they're not. E.g. Norway uses BankAxept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BankAxept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BankAxept
  - jeltz 8y ago
    And in Sweden we use Mastercard and Visa.
KozmoNau7 8y ago
Danish person here. We mostly pay by Dankort, which is the standard national debit card, I would bet more than 99% of card payments here are direct debit.
- Gruklair 8y ago
  And with Dankort, you have the additional pleasure of being spied on by tabloid news papers.