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A cashless society is defined as one that doesn’t use cash in monetary transactions (交易). These societies favor alternative means of payment, such 1 credit cards, or contactless payment.
Of all the companies 2 (move) closer to becoming cashless, most people agree that Sweden is the closest. 85% of the country has access to online banking and only 2% of the country’s transactions consist of cash.
There 3 (be) a number of reasons for this cashless trend. Sweden has access to a popular payment app 4 (call) Swish, which more than 50% of the country uses. But the 5 (big ) catalyst (引发变化的因素) so far is that most Swedish merchants don’t access cash payment.
China also has a vast cashless market, 6 is mostly dominated by Tencent’s WeChat Pay or Alipay, which is owned by Alibaba. But unlike many other countries, China hasn’t embraced (欣然接受) credit card payment. Instead, most Chinese consumers make payment by scanning QR codes (二维码) on 7 (they) phones.
Most merchants request payment via QR codes and it’s not uncommon 8 (see) QR codes located all throughout China. And this trend is starting to spread to other countries that have a lot of Chinese 9 (travel).
The growing cashless trend has led many people to wonder 10 the U.S. will eventually go cashless. It is possible since U.S. consumers are increasingly moving away from cash and embracing other forms of payment.