Overview

• Since Pentecost, owners Kathrin Wickenhäuser-Egger and Alexander Egger have run their Münchner Stubn restaurant at Munich Central Station entirely cashless.
• More than 160 Oktoberfest tents and vendors now provide cashless payment options including girocard, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
• The cashless system removes the need for safes or change and reduces errors and counterfeit risk, according to operators.
• Many international guests from Asia and North America have embraced the change by arriving with cards instead of euro notes.
• The newly formed Initiative Bargelderhalt has launched petitions in Upper Bavaria to safeguard cash availability and legal protections as EU digital currency talks advance.