[vodou]

Swish is great, but it is sensitive infrastructure. It has already been down multiple times due to DDoS attacks (together with BankId). Don't let Swish completely replace a stash of cash at home.

[benrutter]

I've got bad news for you on that front: https://www.explorsweden.com/sweden-destinations/sweden-a-ca...

(tldr Sweden is pretty cashless and a lot of shops don't accept cash)

[dijit]

speaking from a Swedish perspective, I haven’t even seen Swedish currency in about eight years.

I’m not even joking.

[eptcyka]

There are lots of places where most customers still pay in cash. Mostly ethnic minorities in stores that cater for ethnic minorities. I find it interesting that ethnicity or religion would end up being a signal informing if one is using cash or digital money.

[guappa]

That's your personal choice. Doesn't mean stores don't accept cash.

[dijit]

No, its the nature of the country.

And, most companies don’t take cash, especially smaller ones.

Large companies (ICA the supermarket) takes cash but it’s like 1/200 who use cash and the cashier is often visibly flustered when cash is presented.

[guappa]

Please stop mansplaining (and wrongly so at that!).

I happen to be in sweden in this very moment. And no, cashiers are not flustered and alarmed when they see cash, old people pay with cash every day.

Yes there is some restaurants that will not take cash.

Last april I was in a place where they did not take cards :)

There's more to sweden than what you personally experience.

[benrutter]

Curious where abouts you are in Sweden? (i.e. how far north/south).

I'm not Swedish but a lot of my family are, so I visit fairly often. In Gothenburg at least, it's pretty standard in my experience that small grocery stores won't accept cash. I won't pretend that generalises anywhere else.

[nandomrumber]

What does gender have to do with this conversation?

[BDPW]

Many many restaurants and stores never accept cash here. This would be a huge problem if cash suddenly becomes the only way of paying for everyone at the same time.

[guappa]

Stores accept cash. Some restaurants don't, but restaurants aren't really something necessary for survival.

[victorbjorklund]

Yeah, I don't know if I even seen the new money.

[jamesblonde]

It's another knife in the drawer.