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What about coin shortage? Australians don't want cashless Australia now experiences the dark side of cashless socirty Is unbanked Ghana really looking for cashless society? How to create a coin shortage to go cashless Australia discovers the problems of a cashless society Cashlees society: low income Canadians are left behind UK Government must protect the most vulnerable against cashless society Despite Government attacks, cash is still king in India "This shift to all-digital upends the foundation of our economy and creates unintended consequences for consumers." Frank Sorrentino, CEO of ConnectOne Bank
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Australia is not running towards cashless economy





Australia is not running towards cashless economy

Over the last few years, thousands of Swedes have had a biometric microchip implanted into their hands so they do not have to carry keycards, IDs or even train tickets.

It is another step in the move towards a completely cashless society which we have probably been heading towards since Frank McNamara, of Diners Club fame, introduced the first credit card back in 1950. Then again, US archaeologist Jonathan Mark Kenoyer says ancient civilisations in the Indus Valley used clay tablets in much the same way as credit cards over 5000 years ago.

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Australians don't want cashless - 07/27/2020

Australia now experiences the dark side of cashless socirty - 07/15/2020

Is unbanked Ghana really looking for cashless society? - 07/13/2020

How to create a coin shortage to go cashless - 07/11/2020

Australia discovers the problems of a cashless society - 06/23/2020

Cashlees society: low income Canadians are left behind - 06/22/2020

Socialist Spain is squeezing on the poor - 06/15/2020

All cashless is not good for Australia - 06/13/2020

More states and cites are fighting against cashless - 06/08/2020

UK Government must protect the most vulnerable against cashless society - 06/07/2020

Despite Government attacks, cash is still king in India - 06/02/2020

Armenia postpones its move towards cashless system - 05/27/2020

Mixed feeling to cashless payment in Malyasian immigration department - 01/22/2020

Canadians are not that crazy about cashless - 01/20/2020

Will cash be soon illegal in Australia? - 01/15/2020

Cashless or not, Malaysia wants to give the choice to everyone - 01/13/2020

Japan economy is gloomy besides the cashless promise - 01/10/2020

Indian companies fined for not using digital payment - 01/04/2020

The hidden fight to get cash in Sweden - 01/01/2020

When the interruption of Intenet makes you cashless - 12/27/2019

When US lawmakers understand the dark side of cashless economy - 12/18/2019

India faces threats of a cashless economy - 12/16/2019

Nigeria going cashless: small and medium companies in trouble - 12/14/2019

Cashless trains will leave you thirsty and hungry - 12/09/2019

Cashless society : parents are allowably worried - 12/06/2019

Japan new desperate try to restore its economy - 12/04/2019

The downside of a cashless China - 11/29/2019

China's path to cashless society: more restrictions for all - 11/20/2019

A cashless economy would put India at risk - 11/18/2019

Going cashless, Japan economy is facing big challenges - 11/16/2019

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