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Many people in the Netherlands now keep enough cash at home to manage short-term disruptions in electronic payments. New research from the Dutch Central Bank shows that while most households meet or exceed the advised amount, a significant group still holds too little or no cash at all. The recommendation was introduced amid growing concern about cyber risks and payment outages.

A nationwide technical failure has hit the dispatch systems used by Dutch emergency services, causing delays for those calling 112. The outage is also impacting the police non-emergency line, forcing authorities to rely on backup communication methods to reach officers on the street.