Not very welcoming.
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A cashless economy is a less inclusive economy.
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Electronic payments are convenient and are increasingly replacing cash, but when a network fails, the impact can bring a country to a halt.
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Regulating the increasingly popular digital payment providers will bring them into line with other payment services and help protect consumers.
It turns out paying taxes in cash ain’t easy.
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As the US increasingly becomes a cashless society, it’s getting harder to use currency to pay for things – including taxes. One fearless economist gave it a try.
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E-payments make it easy for banks to keep trail of transactions because they are recorded in real time.
Mobile operators also offer money sending and receiving services.
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The introduction of these technologies in Ghana has created an enabling platform for consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services
Electronic payments have expanded the Ghanaian economy.
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Taxing electronic payments is key to raising revenue form the informal sector
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Christmas is traditionally a time of giving, including to charities and the needy. But what happens when so few of us carry cash anymore?
COVID-19 restrictions like physical distancing and cashless payment are making life more difficult for those already vulnerable.
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the health-care system that leave those without identification documents vulnerable.
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A fully cashless society has often been presented as natural or inevitable. The experiences of Sweden and Zimbabwe highlight some pitfalls.
The coronavirus pandemic may provide another incentive for some countries to move to e-currencies.
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There’s no indication that handling cash increases your chance of catching COVID-19. But that hasn’t stopped countries around the world from looking at digital currencies.
Cashless payment systems are not socially neutral. They discriminate against the ‘unbanked’.
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As cashless societies become a reality, we’re starting to see this technological revolution has a dark side.
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A dormant ‘cash mountain’ marks a nadir for London’s contactless travel card, but trouble has been brewing for some time.
The ‘war on cash’ is slowly eliminating paper currency.
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A cashless society depends on three things, all of which have failed in recent weeks as a result of natural disasters and security breaches.
A bank official counts discontinued rupee notes.
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India’s recent move toward a cash-free society helped reveal just how important physical currency is to the informal economies that the poorest families depend upon.
Hi-tech but not high security.
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India’s transition to a digital economy creates several new opportunities for financial criminals.
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The far left and the far right are closer than they’d like to admit. So can some of their better proposals gain ground in 2017?
Indians have turned to digital payment following demonetisation.
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India is going digital.
Legal tender no more?
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The notes in your pocket say they’re legal tender for all debts public and private. Are they lying?
Bank tellers might not need to be worried about their jobs with the rise of cashless payments.
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Despite a rise in cashless payments and a drop in customers drawing out cash, bank tellers might still have a future.