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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by Freak_NL on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:49AM (#46972509)
> Why would you expect people not living in the Netherlands to just know this?

Because this is a thing in most of Europe. Most people don't own a creditcard, and those that do use it mostly for online purchases outside of the EU. I don't travel to another continent without looking up how to pay for things when I get there.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by HunOL on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:37AM (#46972885)
> Because this is a thing in most of Europe.

I think you wastly exegarate your observations.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by glenneroo on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @11:28AM (#46977029)
According to this, he's mostly right: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/people_with_credit...
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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by HunOL on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @11:39AM (#46977174)
It's not about owning credit card, but about being able to use it in physical shop. In one of the parent comments author of comment to which I replied said:

> Why would you expect to be able to use a creditcard in a physical shop in the Netherlands?

And then

> Because this is a thing in most of Europe.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by Sharparam on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @10:48AM (#46976428)
This is definitely not a thing in most of Europe.

Netherlands' anti-credit card stance is quite unique, perhaps only matched by Germany and their obsession with cash.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by mgce on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @11:17AM (#46976856)
I was just in Germany and lived on my credit card - not a single Euro used. I strongly disagree with this generalization based on extensive personal experience.
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