Not having Bank-Id or e-identification makes life pretty hilarious sometimes, here in Sweden. The reason for this is, there's no law requiring me to have one. However, there is law and precedence cases stating that all public works, civil services and private companies acting on behalf of the public sector /must/ provide services equally, no matter if someone has an e-id of any kind, or not.
So technically speaking, despite the buses not accepting cash, they are compelled by law to do so provided you pay the exact sum. Now, the driver would refuse, the bus would be held up, and you'd have to go to civil court (and pay for that yourself), and so on - but precedence for this was established years ago, when an elderly man actually took such a case all the way to Regeringsrätten (the highest civil court, and the one that sets precedence).
So thanks to that, when I go to see my doctor, the hospital has to mail a paper bill to my home address. And legislation is in the works for forcing critical service providers to be compelled by law to accept cash payments (petrol stations, pharamcies, and such).
They sure are tech-happy here, but there's a lot of push-back too, from within the system.
Not having Bank-Id or e-identification makes life pretty hilarious sometimes, here in Sweden. The reason for this is, there's no law requiring me to have one. However, there is law and precedence cases stating that all public works, civil services and private companies acting on behalf of the public sector /must/ provide services equally, no matter if someone has an e-id of any kind, or not.
So technically speaking, despite the buses not accepting cash, they are compelled by law to do so provided you pay the exact sum. Now, the driver would refuse, the bus would be held up, and you'd have to go to civil court (and pay for that yourself), and so on - but precedence for this was established years ago, when an elderly man actually took such a case all the way to Regeringsrätten (the highest civil court, and the one that sets precedence).
So thanks to that, when I go to see my doctor, the hospital has to mail a paper bill to my home address. And legislation is in the works for forcing critical service providers to be compelled by law to accept cash payments (petrol stations, pharamcies, and such).
They sure are tech-happy here, but there's a lot of push-back too, from within the system.
Yep, yep, yep