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by tazjin 4237 days ago
No, Direct Deposit in Germany usually refers to Giro[1] which is a payment between bank accounts. (Credit cards and even debit Visa/MasterCards are relatively uncommon in Germany)

I've never seen an actual cash deposit payment while I lived there, though we do have them in Sweden for example.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro