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Cash is disappearing faster in Sweden than in other countries
29/10/2020 -Change in the nominal cash volume_ny More and more people in Sweden are abandoning cash (see Cash is losing ground) and the volume of cash in circulation has fallen heavily over the last ten years. Compared with other countries, developments in...
Money and the institutions handling payments must be secure
29/10/2020 -Several things are needed for payments to be secure. Firstly, money must maintain its value over time. Secondly, the institutions that handle our money and payments must be secure. Thirdly, the financial infrastructure, which is to say the...
2. Swedish payments are secure and efficient
29/10/2020 -Overall, payments in Sweden are secure, but the number of counterfeit banknotes has increased in 2020. Digitalisation has led to payments becoming more convenient and less costly, but this development is problematic for some groups in society.
Increased vulnerability when many are using the same network
29/10/2020 -When many people abandon cash for cards and mobile payments, vulnerability to interruptions in the systems may increase, particularly if these use the same underlying networks. For example, if there is an interruption in one of the major card...
Are payments in Sweden secure?
29/10/2020 -https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/payments-in-sweden/payments-report-2021/2.-safety-and-efficiency/are-payments-in-sweden-safe/ Payments in Sweden are secure and there have been few interruptions in the major payment systems in 2020.
Seven out of ten Swedes use Swish
07/11/2019 -The Swish payment app was launched at the end of 2012. It enables people to make instant, real-time payments from their payment account to other payment accounts. Since 2012, the number of payments made via the app has increased sharply. In...
Why are we no longer using cash?
07/11/2019 -More and more Swedes no longer use cash. In 2010, 39 per cent of the respondents in the Riksbank’s survey on payment habits in Sweden said that they paid for their most recent purchase in cash. In 2018, this figure had fallen to 13 per cent. At...
First-generation cryptocurrencies do not work well as money
07/11/2019 -Cryptocurrencies have received a considerable amount of attention in recent years. The most well-known example is Bitcoin. Bitcoin advocates say that it can work as money and is particularly attractive for those who wish to make international...
The Riksbank adapts its systems
07/11/2019 -Most payments in Sweden are currently settled in the Riksbank’s settlement system for large-value payments (RIX). As RIX is constructed for large-value payments between financial institutions, all smaller payments between bank customers have to...
Do we have the right to demand cash services at banks?
07/11/2019 -Freedom of contract also applies in principle to banks in relation to their customers. Here, too, the agreement can be written or verbal. It is therefore not necessarily a question of an actual written contract; it is sufficient for the bank to...