{"id":3085,"date":"2025-10-14T19:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?post_type=btv_wiki&p=3085"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:18:34","slug":"dutch-legislation-for-cash","status":"publish","type":"btv_wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/knowledge-base\/cash-payments\/dutch-legislation-for-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch legislation for cash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
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Dutch legislation for cash<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUntil 2015, cash was still the most commonly used payment method at the point-of-sale in the Netherlands (54% of all payments in 2014). Ten years later, in 2024, only one in five transactions at the counter will be paid for in cash. Public debate and a study by DNB have prompted politicians to establish a legal framework for a \u2018less cash\u2019 society, without becoming completely \u2018cashless\u2019. This debate is not unique to the Netherlands; there are similar challenges, discussions, and measures within the EU.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Guidelines, agreements, and legislation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since 2020, there have been many new measures and developments concerning cash. We have compiled the most important national and European steps in a separate overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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