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Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by sgt on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:34AM (#31203859)
Not at all? Even in Norway, cash is still used to a small degree.
Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by ACS_Solver on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:59AM (#31204040)
Sweden's probably even more cashless than Norway.

Even if you have cash, which most people don't, it's hard to spend. Grocery stores still take it so it would actually be useful in this situation, but other than grocery stores I struggle to think of any places in my city that accept cash. Maybe some bigger outlets do, not sure, but restaurants, cafes, takeaway places, small specialty stores and the like certainly do not take cash.

Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by Symbiote on Friday April 29, 2022 @08:09AM (#31204117)
Visiting Malmö I see restaurants with "card only" signs on the door and in the menu.

Denmark has taken measures to require most businesses to accept cash, but Sweden doesn't seem to have done that. I keep ~1000DKK at home for emergencies, but I haven't purchased anything with cash for... um... a long time. Perhaps once in the last year.

Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by marginalia_nu on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:59AM (#31204036)
I haven't handled physical cash for probably ten years. They redesigned the bills around 2015 and to be honest I'm not even sure how they look anymore.
Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by sgt on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:24PM (#31208914)
I spent some cash in both Norway and in Amsterdam only last month. Last two times for chocolates, believe it or not.
Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by moogly on Friday April 29, 2022 @12:44PM (#31207486)
Same, except I never knew how they looked...
Re:Swedbank customers positive balance turned into negative ... by jdmoreira on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:17PM (#31211223)
I've been living in Sweden for 6 years. Never touched any Swedish cash. I don't even know what it looks like.