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Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concerns about t...
on Monday May 28, 2018 @05:29AM (#17171495)
>That's because German vendors are hopeless at processing cards.
I could not agree more with the process you described every time I pay with a card in Germany. Germans point to this inefficient process for the reason cash is faster.
However, when I lived in the US, Australia, and NZ you literally tap your card with paywave and the transaction is complete. It is impossible for a cash transaction to be faster than this.
Re:In Germany, the use of cash has become a proxy for concerns about t...
on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:09AM (#17151821)
>Yet for many Germans, the convenience of electronic payment is beside the point. Rather, the use of cash has, to a surprising extent, become a proxy for profound concerns about trust, privacy, and the role of the state.
I've been banging my head against the table since moving to Germany about the lack of convenience with cash payments and the need to constantly visit the ATM. Yet the economy is doing just fine.