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Re:New hubiC offers by _delirium on Saturday March 28, 2015 @09:59AM (#9281503)
It's funny to think of cards being perceived as an American thing; I always saw the U.S. as relatively cash-oriented compared to other places. In Scandinavia you don't even buy a €3 coffee or €5 kebab without pulling out your card (the same is true in South Korea, and increasingly in Japan).
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Re:New hubiC offers by icebraining on Saturday March 28, 2015 @10:06AM (#9281517)
Parent said credit cards; Scandinavia mostly uses debit, AFAIK, and they usually can't be used online.
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Re:New hubiC offers by _delirium on Saturday March 28, 2015 @10:16AM (#9281548)
At least here (Denmark) using cards online is common. The typical card that nearly everyone has is a Dankort/Visa cobranded card, which works as a Dankort when run by Danish merchants, and a Visa when run by foreign merchants, and can be charged online in either mode. I gather something similar is common in Sweden.
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Re:New hubiC offers by tokenizerrr on Saturday March 28, 2015 @11:41AM (#9281779)
Debit cards are common, credit cards not so much.
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