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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by seanmcdirmid on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:36AM (#14786151)
When I lived to Switzerland, I was pretty surprised my debit card (Maestro) couldn't work on credit card networks (Master Card, heck, the logos looked almost the same!).

I'm surprised Germany is so far behind switzerland though, I mean, even when I lived there 10 years ago I could use my debit card via chip in a kiosk and have my train ticket very quickly.

I don't think standard Beijing city buses take wepay yet. You still hand over paper bills to the conductor or use your beijing transit NFC card.

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by lostboys67 on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:14AM (#14786788)
I think it might be cultural as Germany has suffered massive bank crashes throughout the 20th century people trust
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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by ralfd on Monday July 17, 2017 @03:37AM (#14786388)
What the parent meant is that you get a paper ticket, even if you pay per card at an automated kiosk.

Online-QR-code-tickets bought per Smartphone are now common too though.

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