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Sweden bracing itself for non-cash future

Categories : Cash is available to all users, Cash is universal
February 19, 2018
Tags : Cash, Central Bank, Digital money, Europe, Mobile Payments, Sweden
Sweden's central bank is scrambling to reevaluate its legislation as cash usage continues to drop in the Scandinavian country.
Communication Team / Equipo de Comunicación

This post is also available in: Spanish

Sweden is speeding up the evaluation of central bank legislation as fewer businesses are accepting cash payments. An interim report should be out by this summer. Some topics could cover the issuance of an e-krona, the role of the central bank as cash usage declines and the necessity – or not – of forcing commercial banks to provide cash to customers.

The speed at which cash is disappearing is what is most alarming Swedish authorities who are fearing a collapse of the entire cash infrastructure. Indeed, it is increasingly common to see “No cash accepted” signs across the country, slamming the door to those that don’t use alternative payment methods.

In only four years, cash payments dropped from 63% to 25%, an Insight Intelligence survey [in Swedish] found; and last year, for the first time, cash in circulation dropped below the 1990s mark.

This post is also available in: Spanish

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