{"id":5345,"date":"2026-08-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:45:47","slug":"cash-accepted-points-of-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/cash-accepted-points-of-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash accepted at 96% of points of sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2025, consumers could still pay cash at almost every point of sale in the Netherlands: 96% accepted cash. The share of locations accepting cash has remained around 95% for years, according to research on cash acceptance conducted annually by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Customer pays with a 20 euro note at the counter, while an employee takes coins as change from the open cash drawer.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cash is most often refused at car parks, cinemas and pharmacies. 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