[tnjm]

French resident here. Received a bill from this week from a medical lab for some tests; the only payment options are either visit the lab in person (an hour's drive away) or mail a personal check. This is not uncommon here, and even most large supermarket chains still accept checks.

[Thlom]

Wow. I’m a year away from 40 and have handled exactly one check my entire life. A gift from my uncle for my confirmation. I have never seen them used in shops and I have never heard of paying bills with checks. These days I get most bills straight into my online bank and just have to confirm the payment. It’s been more or less like this my entire adult life.

Norway BTW. Perhaps our small population makes it easier to just end old legacy shit?

[nicbou]

Really? I’m approaching 10 years in Germany and I have never seen a cheque in Europe. SEPA transfers are the standard, and this is in the land of the faxes.

[Mikushi]

I can attest that France still uses checks a lot. Just over this summer I wrote something like 5 checks.

Mostly for work to be done on a house, and otherwise to get around the absurdly low limit on bank cards.