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lxgrtoday at 6:06 PM4 repliesview on HN

Reminder to all commenters that Europe is not a single homogeneous country and somewhat diverse in various things, including payments and finance. Credit cards are definitely a thing in many European countries.


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hyperman1today at 6:45 PM

In my corner of the world, credit cards were for buying stuff on the internet and travelling outside the EU. Now the net has evelved enough to accept our normal means of payment. I always feel insecure when using a credit card.

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PNewlingtoday at 6:45 PM

As an outsider: which countries lean which way? I'm curious how things trend where and I didn't even really know that debit was used by a majority in certain places (Countries? Regions? Historical based delimiters?).

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ben_wtoday at 6:34 PM

> Credit cards are definitely a thing in many European countries

Yes, a thing associated with debt.

I lived in the UK before Brexit, and that would be an example of such.

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xqucetoday at 6:36 PM

which ones use Credit Cards to a larger degree than Debit Cards, like they do in the US?

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