Coronavirus has changed German payment behavior
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Coronavirus has changed German payment behavior

Despite the technological innovation in Germany, Cash remained the king in the country as most of the small businesses were using cash as the only payment method, but Coronavirus has changed everything. It has changed German payment behavior faster than any single technology ever has. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have, for the first time, been actively discouraged in Germany

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Thu May 21 - BBC

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