Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality

Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by Signez on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:55AM (#20623756)

> Checks? France loves checks and use them more than Americans.

I am afraid your data is outdated: it is now used for less than 15% of payments, mainly by old people or for C2C payments.

I am in my late twenties and have emitted only 3 checks from my account, in my entire life.

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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by mcv on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @07:33AM (#20624210)

15% is still a lot more than in many other countries. Checks are certainly on the way out, but in rural southern France, there are still places where you can pay with check but not with pin card.

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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by toyg on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:34AM (#20623931)

I had to use them years ago to pay some club for the kids (UK), and every time I was sweating - where do i write the amount? Where the name? Is it readable? Did I mark the end correctly?... Thank $deity banks phased them out.

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