Mika Rautio<p>"Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia are rolling out offline card payment systems to provide a back-up if internet connections are lost, including due to sabotage, Bank of Finland board member Tuomas Valimaki said on Wednesday. ... Sweden's central bank told Reuters that it hoped to establish a system by July 1, 2026, that would allow Swedes to make offline card payments to buy essential goods in the event of disruptions lasting up to seven days."</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nordics-estonia-plan-offline-card-payment-back-up-if-internet-cut-2025-05-07/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/finance/n</span><span class="invisible">ordics-estonia-plan-offline-card-payment-back-up-if-internet-cut-2025-05-07/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cardpayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardpayments</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/businesscontinuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businesscontinuity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/offlinepayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offlinepayments</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/informationsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationsecurity</span></a></p>