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Sweden Turns Away From Cash

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Swedes are increasingly opting to use mobile payments over cash. A survey by Insight Intelligence found that only 25 percent of people in Sweden paid in cash once a week in 2017. That's down from 63 percent four years earlier.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Roben Farzad (@robenfarzad), who hosts "Full Disclosure" on NPR One, about the implications of Sweden becoming increasingly cashless.

This segment aired on February 19, 2018.

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