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by Tehnix 2730 days ago
I'm not entirely sure what your question is? If it matters that Discover and Amex is not being accepted?

Most adults will be using credit cards, unless you haven't proven to your bank yet that you are trustworhty (i.e. just moved to the country). Debit is usually younger people, below 18 (at least in DK). Both are still Visa or MasterCard.

It would still be a problem, if as a merchant got banned by Visa/MasterCard, since now they have no other way than to accept cash, which obviously doesn't work if you are an online shop.

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> Most adults will be using credit cards

This really depends on the country. In Germany, most day-to-day payments happen with cash or over the Girocard network. I got by for most of my adult life without a credit card. The only thing that's kind of tricky is booking a hotel without one (international hotel chains have standardized their registration systems around credit cards). I only got a credit card last year because it's free with my current checking account.