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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1425198, member: 4381&quot;]STOCKHOLM -- Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it&#039;s come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I can&#039;t see why we should be printing bank notes at all anymore,&quot; says Bjoern Ulvaeus, former member of 1970&#039;s pop group ABBA, and a vocal proponent for a world without cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>The contours of such a society are starting to take shape in this high-tech nation, frustrating those who prefer coins and bills over digital money.</p><p><br /></p><p>In most Swedish cities, public buses don&#039;t accept cash; tickets are prepaid or purchased with a cell phone text message. A small but growing number of businesses only take cards, and some bank offices – which make money on electronic transactions – have stopped handling cash altogether.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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