>>10378888 (pb) Australia is getting rid of thousands of ATM’s..first they get rid of the cash..this is going to happen here..WAKE UP!
Swedish cashless society underway too:
It's planned for Sweden too, been for a long time. Here, the population have been getting used to some specific tech for their preparation;
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Swish - it's an app with instant transfer of money through bank accounts, between people and between people and businesses. In most shops you can pay that way. There are examples from people around me that when there is much activity the bank may call you up and ask what you are doing. The scariest thing is that many people are okay with that.
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Blipp - An RFID chip in the debit card with which you can pay up to about $45 by just waving the card over a "Blipp"-terminal. No code, no ID or anything.
People are so used to these things now so very few even have cash on them any more. Another thing that has happened over 6-7 years now is that banks have stopped handling cash (yea, i know, banks that don't handle money, it's stupid) and many smaller bank offices have closed so the availability of banks have diminished significantly. Seems to me that ATM removals, as in Australia, would be the next thing here, but it have not happened yet.
sauce:
https://www.swish.nu/
(pic related - it is translated with google translate, the information is not available in the english part of swedbanks web page)) - here's the swedish page: https://www.swedbank.se/privat/kort-och-betala/kort/sa-fungerar-ditt-kort/kontaktlosa-betalningar.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-10/era-of-paper-money-dies-out-in-sweden-as-virtual-cash-takes-over