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Something similar existed in Belgium from 1995 to 2014 for small payments, called Proton [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(bank_card) https://en.w
by smhg 6y ago
Something similar existed in Belgium from 1995 to 2014 for small payments, called Proton [0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(bank_card) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(bank_card)
- eecc 6y agoAlso Chipnik in NL, discontinued several years ago. Too fiddly, nobody worries about privacy any longer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipknip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipknip
- flemhans 6y agoAnd Danmønt in Denmark, 1991-2005. I think Sweden had one called Kash or something like that.
- fuzzy2 6y agoIn Germany, there's GeldKarte. Still relatively widely supported on public transportation ticket machines and cigarettes vending machines, so they can be used offline. I found it awesome to use with at-home recharging (with an appropriate card terminal) and use on trains. Often, the ticket machine would refuse coins or not have change. Electronic payment to the rescue! :) Unfortunately, its fate is already sealed with basically all banks having announced their withdrawal from the system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geldkarte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geldkarte