http://itsagreenmobileworld.com/2009/dematerialize-money Living the high-tech low-carbon life Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:58:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://itsagreenmobileworld.com/2009/dematerialize-money/comment-page-1#comment-595 Jorge Luis Zapico Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:28:28 +0000 http://itsagreenmobileworld.com/2009/dematerialize-money#comment-595 Hi Jonathan, that's true and actually a good point. As usually in Japan they do not discard of the old systems, they just build upon them, having advanced mobile payment systems do not mean that the society in general have stopped using hard cash. I must agree that in the particular case of Sweden it must be one of the places where card transactions are most common for even small amounts, but I think there is still a lack of micropayments options for completly erasing the need of coins / bills. In my opinion Japan is a step ahead there. Hi Jonathan, that’s true and actually a good point. As usually in Japan they do not discard of the old systems, they just build upon them, having advanced mobile payment systems do not mean that the society in general have stopped using hard cash.
I must agree that in the particular case of Sweden it must be one of the places where card transactions are most common for even small amounts, but I think there is still a lack of micropayments options for completly erasing the need of coins / bills. In my opinion Japan is a step ahead there.

]]> http://itsagreenmobileworld.com/2009/dematerialize-money/comment-page-1#comment-594 Jonathan Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:40:09 +0000 http://itsagreenmobileworld.com/2009/dematerialize-money#comment-594 I would say Japan is still a very much cash based society. Probably even more cash-based than Europe. I would say Japan is still a very much cash based society. Probably even more cash-based than Europe.

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