By SUZANNE DALEYDEC. 4, 2015
The New
York Times
ATHENS — In
the central market here recently, hanging above the trays of cod and the slabs
of pink meat, was evidence that Greece’s near bankruptcy last summer was having
an unexpected impact — shiny new placards advertising that, at least in some
stalls, customers could now pay with debit and credit cards.
“If I like
it or not, people are asking for it,” said Christos Papoutsis, 57, a butcher
here who finally yielded to plastic money only last month. “If I don’t accept
the cards, I will lose sales.”