More Greeks Turn Away from Cash to Cards for Purchases, Bills
(WorldNews Greece)

ATHENS - With the new New Democracy government thinking of incentives, more Greeks are using debit and credit cards instead of cash, which has long been the preferred way to pay and as a method to evade paying taxes, which remains a rampant problem. Use of credit and debit cards in Greece rose 12.8 percent in the second quarter of 2019, but the average value of each transaction declined, according to data published by the Hellenic Bank Association, seen as an indicator that more people are using them pay even small bills. People use use the cards can get tax breaks and rewards based...