Is Switzerland About to Become First Country to Outlaw a Cashless Society? by Nick Corbishley SOURCE: Naked Capitalism

"Forty percent of transactions were still being made using cash, which is also higher than many of Switzerland’s more cashless European neighbors, such as the UK (around 15%), Sweden (less than 10%) and Norway (3-4%, the lowest level of cash usage in the world). But that was down from around 70% three years earlier."