The world is going digital (well almost many services have already gone digital!). Now you could open a bank account online, transfer money to any country within seconds, get your food delivered within minutes and many more. Coming from another country to Germany, every Expat would have had very high expectations about life in Germany! And yes, it is safe, silent and one of the best.

Have you ever imagined the digital progress in Germany compared to fast growing countries? It’s not about digitalization in manufacturing, Industry 4.0 or so. It comes down to very basic things like

– Internet

– Getting a mobile sim

– Filling forms online

– Paying money via Cards

According to quality of “Digital” life published by Expat Insider (2018, Internations), Germany ranked among

– the bottom ten countries in payment without cash

– the bottom ten countries in buying a sim card/mobile number

– 53rd in overall digital life

Card payment in Germany has very recently surpassed cash payment which came as a big surprise to many Expats.