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.
El Salvador is likely to become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Momentum Fotograh/Shutterstock
Facebook claims its new cryptocurrency will bring financial inclusion and opportunity to billions, pushing cash further to the fringes. Is that a good thing?
A bank official counts discontinued rupee notes.
AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
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.
Social grant recipients waiting in Gugulethu, Cape Town. A battle over social grant payment tender threatens the system.
EPA/NIC BOTHMA
The South African Social Security Agency has created a crisis that threatens to deliver social grant recipients on a silver platter into the hands of unscrupulous financial services companies.
Legal tender no more?
Legal tender via www.shutterstock.com