The next push to ban cash may come from crime statistics, as cashless Denmark boasted zero bank robberies last year.
The campaign to end paper currency is becoming a hot button issue for many, as other countries and the World Economic Form, an international nongovernmental and lobbying organization, are considering replacing it with digitized currency.
However, Denmark, which has reduced the use of hard cash in recent years, recorded its first year without bank robberies, the Scandinavian nation’s finance workers union Finansforbundet told the Daily Mail in a statement.
“It’s nothing short of amazing. Because every time it happens, it’s an extreme strain on the employees involved,” said Steen Lund Olsen, vice president of the union….