Oct 24, 2018
Welcome to Say What Wednesday! Today’s question comes from Katherine.
“I heard a story on Hack the other day about Sweden becoming a cashless society – Can you explain this further? Is it a good thing and should we be looking at doing the same thing in Australia?”
Sweden going cashless:
How does it stack up?
Sweden could eventually "reach a situation where legal tender is no longer an efficient medium of exchange”
A cross-party parliamentary committee in Stockholm is currently reviewing central bank legislation to examine whether banks should be forced to provide cash services for their customers.
Why is this occurring?
Government and Central banks
The public sector is required to facilitate people’s access to cash, and to help enable people to living within society.
What are the effects of not having cash in society?
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