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Australia: almost all cashless. You only get some cash when you buy a used car, pay a tutor or something else like that. The govt endgame seems to be forcing most of the cash out of circulation, a ban on cash purchases of more that $10000 (with some exceptions) is already in place. https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/28454_fa...
The US Army Corps of Engineers no longer accepts cash for campsites they manage. The US Government no longer accepts its own currency. That's where we are in the USA at least.
Not accepting cash should be illegal everywhere across the world. What if your battery dies?
I'm surprised so many here seem to be fine with paying by credit card. Isn't it causing you an uncomfortable feeling, that one company gets all the data about every single thing you buy? And via this also everywhere you go and when you go there? So you are a 100% "see through" person to Apple, Google and/or Visa?
It's half and half here in the Lithuania where I live, i'm just glad that I don't see crypto anywhere.
A honest question, why?
It's a shame, people just have accepted the modern surveillance society.
The US Army Corps of Engineers no longer accepts cash for campsites they manage. The US Government no longer accepts its own currency. That's where we are in the USA at least.
Not accepting cash should be illegal everywhere across the world. What if your battery dies?
Here in India, UPI payments are quite popular. I live in New Delhi the capital and never withdraw cash in my day to day life. The only instance where I have to withdraw cash is when I have to pay rent as my landlord accepts only cash to evade taxes. Apart from these barring very few, at least in cities everything works on digital payments. Please note that card payments are not at all popular in India and UPI is the…
this is true for the affluent class. smartphones are necessary to pay via UPI smartphones--bank accounts--aadhaar card in case of some low income workers, smartphones are not universal in case of some migrant workers (including those that come from neighboring countries in search of jobs) .. aadhaar or bank account may not be immediately available while digital payments are definitely becoming common cash is still ac…
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[1] UPI money transfer without Internet or smartphone; know how to do it - https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/banks/story/upi-money-...
I passed by a coffee shop this morning to go to another one in the US Midwest. The one that I passed takes your credit of debit card inside and does it "the regular way. I often forget to give a tip. The one I went to was newer, used square, made me tap or swipe, but I always give a tip since I'm asked and reminded. This seems to be the pattern, newer places tend to be better. Also in the American Midwest, Dollar Gen…
Begging for a tip isn’t better.
In Brazil, pix (the central bank digital payment system) is already bigger than any other payment method, removing a big revenue stream from Visa and Mastercard. The cultural changes happening because of the easiness and cheapness of these transactions are amazing. I'm very optimistic for the next few years of tech development with the advances happening in the fintech market here.