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Your comment is technically correct, as there are only three such countries (Germany, France and Italy), and two of them (FR and IT) indeed still use checks to
by bramblerose 3y ago
Your comment is technically correct, as there are only three such countries (Germany, France and Italy), and two of them (FR and IT) indeed still use checks to some amount. But the biggest county in the EU certainly doesn't use checks, nor do numbers 4-18 (Ireland is #19).
- Svip 3y agoAccording this graph[0], there were over 1 million cheque payments in Greece, Germany, Cyprus, Malta, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and France in 2020. I recognise that the data is a bit dated, but it still seems like these countries maintain the concept of cheques. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/443677/cashless-payment-with-checks-europe/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/443677/cashless-payment-...
- bramblerose 3y agoYou are right, "don't use checks" was too strongly worded. Nevertheless, your own link shows that - except for France - the check usage is on the order of at most a few checks per person per year. So not exactly a widely used payment method.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> as there are only three such countries (Germany, France and Italy) Bedsides being wrong, as another comment points out, you’re describing the EU’s largest economies.
- bramblerose 3y agoNo, I am describing the three EU countries with 50M+ inhabits (Germany at 80M, France at 65M and Italy at 60M). Of course, the largest counties in population are also often the largest in GDP...