Denixen

Yeah, it is definitely getting more common. And cashless stores are also getting more common, which isn’t necessarily a desirable development :/

This is a good point concerning Swish too, I have no idea.

Thanks for letting me know! I suspected it was wrong, but didn’t know what was correct. I was however certain that someone would correct me XD

We have have CETA, which has the intent to harmonize our economies and trade already so we are pretty tight already.

Are we talking about Quebec? Because I’m pretty sure it is part of Canada, as strange as it might seem…

(FYI I love you Quebecians, I am sorry if I hurt anyone’s feelings!)

In Sweden we have Swish, which allows you to pay for stuff online without using any debit or credit card. I use it all the time, I cannot remember last time I paid online with card, unless it was from a foreign online shop/service.

However, it often isn’t available in grocery and retail stores. But it is often available in rural areas or small shops who don’t want to pay the fee for cards.

Also, Sweden is developing an e-krona, an electronic version of the Swedish currency. It should hopefully replace cards in all shops in the future.

Until then, using cash in grocery and retail stores is always possible. The problem is most swedes haven’t seen physical money in so long I am not certain they still know how to use it… 🤔