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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by tomrod on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:16AM (#37237369)
Use of systems is never free. It might be subsidized, in the which case bankers would greatly appreciate more transactions on the system, but it is never "free."
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by Scarblac on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:06PM (#37238162)
It costs some money to have a bank account, bank transfers don't have a fee associated with them. Card processing costs a small fee.

Cheaper than handling cash though.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by tomrod on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:35PM (#37238609)
And those rates are increased when the system becomes more expensive, whether directly to bank fees or indirectly by taxpayer subsidizing.
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