If this happens here, I'm out
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:59 pm
Let's hope this doesn't become a trend...
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/06/supermarkets_set_to_refuse_cas.phpDutch supermarkets are hoping to phase out the use of cash by 2014, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Thursday, quoting the retail board CBL.
The aim of the ban on cash is to make supermarkets less vulnerable to armed robberies, the paper says.
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Other solutions will be found for customers who do not want to use direct debit cards, a CBL spokesman said. 'Technology is making enormous advances. Trials are also being done with payment by mobile phone, but you can also pay with a finger print or iris scan,' the spokesman said.