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The Swedish payments market is almost entirely digital
10/03/2025 -The Swedish payments market is almost entirely digital The payments market in Sweden is almost entirely digital. Card payments are the most common method of payment, and more and more people are paying by mobile phone. Cash use is continuing to...
Card payments are the most accepted payment method among small businesses
10/03/2025 -Card payments are the most accepted payment method among small businesses The payment methods accepted by most businesses for customer payments are Mastercard and Visa card payments. This is followed by Swish and cash payments (see figure 5).
The possibility to pay offline should be extended
12/03/2026 -The possibility to pay offline should be extended Faktaruta - The Riksbank’s recommendation In the Payment Report 2025, the Riksbank considered that the ability to pay offline with cards needs to be improved. Since then, the Riksbank and...
Retail CBDC – a whole new kind of money
12/03/2026 -Retail CBDC – a whole new kind of money In an increasingly digitalised society, a debate has arisen about whether the central bank needs to issue money to the public and in digital form. A retail CBDC (central bank digital currency) is a digital...
Annex: Numerical data
12/03/2026 -Annex: Numerical data Payments report 2026 (Excel)...
The risk of card fraud in shops in Sweden is low
29/10/2020 -Paying by card is safe in Sweden, but card fraud can occur when a debit card or credit card is read during payment, or when withdrawing cash from an ATM. In a European comparison made by the ECB, Sweden was just above the European average...
Few disruptions in important systems
29/10/2020 -The Riksbank’s central settlement system for large-scale payments, RIX, and the clearing house, Bankgirot, are central hubs in the Swedish payment system. Disruptions and interruptions in either of these systems therefore affect the entire...
More counterfeit banknotes
29/10/2020 -Even if the money and institutions that manage our payments are secure, there may be other risks linked to our payments and means of payment. For example, there is always a risk that cash will be stolen or counterfeited. But from an...
Initiatives to help vulnerable groups
29/10/2020 -The county administrative boards’ task is to ensure that possibilities for using basic payment services meet social needs, and they have a special responsibility for investigating how the situation is for older people and people with...
Paying by mobile or card is cheaper than using cash
29/10/2020 -Some costs are fixed and do not depend on how many payments have been carried out, such as rent for premises and purchases of hardware. Other costs are variable and depend on the number of payments, such as petrol for the vans that transport...