Bank Robberies Fall to Zero for First Time in Cashless Denmark
- Holdups are down from one in 2021 and a peak of 222 in 2002
- Lenders have removed cash from branches across Nordic country
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Bank robberies are becoming a thing of the past in cashless Denmark as the Nordic country recorded its first year of zero holdups in 2022.
Criminals have found it no longer pays off to walk into bank branches in search of a bag of crisp notes, as falling cash use in society has pushed banks to trim costs by pulling cash services from most branches.