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Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by Aaargh20318 on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:23AM (#17884361)
> 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.

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Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by mortehu on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:59AM (#17885157)
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
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Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by jeltz on Monday September 03, 2018 @11:46AM (#17903187)
And in Sweden we use Mastercard and Visa.
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