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Pretty uncommon in the Netherlands. Yes you can get one, but most people here don't have one, possibly due to very few merchants accepting them, and when they d

Pretty uncommon in the Netherlands. Yes you can get one, but most people here don't have one, possibly due to very few merchants accepting them, and when they do, they pass the CC fees to the consumer

dewey 7y ago
> Nevertheless, around 55% of the Dutch population has at least one credit card, which they mainly use during holidays abroad or when shopping online. Not as high as I expected it to be honest but the article is pretty interesting. Apparently people have them but don't use them because they are not widely accepted in stores and they are very debt averse. Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/01/credit-cards-not-yet-popular-among-the-dutch-despite-the-advantages/ https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/01/credit-cards-not-y...