Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia

Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by eigenvector on Saturday November 10, 2018 @03:42PM (#18423388)

You can have a very similar experience in China. So many things are now paid for by mobile wallets such as WeChat Pay that do not support foreign accounts. It's great for locals and for the government that - in an authoritarian country - gets unfettered access to all that personalized spending data. For tourists, not so much.

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by Markoff on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:58AM (#18427278)

anyone can send money to your account if you hand them cash without linking card, only thing you need to create account it's phone number

plus cash it's also accepted everywhere

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by joosters on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:35PM (#18423891)

WeChat payments work fine with foreign cards...

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by kenneth on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:40PM (#18423911)

Not really. It's very finicky at best. Activating a WeChat wallet requires a Chinese ID or a bank card, and the latter works very unreliably with any foreign cards.

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by zmk_ on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:17PM (#18424819)

I didn't try with WeChat but I did try with AliPay. You can register your non-Chinese card, but it will not let you pay with it.

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by Jommi on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:15PM (#18434394)

No it doesn't. Not in mainland China. Who told you this?

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