Cash Is Still King in Switzerland

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An employee arranges a bundle of 1000 Swiss Franc banknotes in the office of a bank in this arranged photograph in Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

Photographer: Michele Limina/Bloomberg
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Manuel Brandenberg, a lawmaker in the Swiss canton of Zug, loves cash. So much so, that he once astounded a municipal official by paying his taxes with a wad of banknotes.

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