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Payments Culture

by Matt Jones·Last posted 1 months ago

About Matt Jones

What is Payments Culture?

In June 2007 I moved to Germany for an internship. I naively assumed that I could use my UK credit card until my salary came in at the end of the month.

I was wrong.

In Germany, back then, I could count on one hand the number of shops, restaurants, and cafés that allowed me to pay by credit card. I had money, yet couldn’t spend it.