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This is a good article, with a particular focus on Sweden: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-cashless-world https://www.newyorker.com/ma

This is a good article, with a particular focus on Sweden: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-cashless-world https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-ca... It's beginning to happen in the US, too. One of my favorite restaurants, Sweetgreen, no longer accepts cash, and I'm boycotting them. I'd like the option to make an anonymous transaction, and I worry that we're entering an economy where those without access to banking services are excluded.

RandallBrown 9y ago
You could use a prepaid visa gift card or similar for (mostly) anonymous transactions. Those are also helpful for people who can't get bank accounts.
- deepsun 9y ago
  We do SaaS and we block prepaid cards -- too much fraud.
- Casseres 9y ago
  $5 fee for a $50 card? No thanks.
__s 9y ago
Ironic restaurant name
nokcha 9y ago
>One of my favorite restaurants, Sweetgreen, no longer accepts cash Is that a prepay restaurant? If the restaurant lets you pay after you finish eating, then by law (31 U.S. Code § 5103), cash is legal tender for settling your debt. However, the restaurant is not obligated to provide change if you do not present the exact amount due.
- deisner 9y ago
  It's pre-pay.