Dec 26, 2017

New retail trend: no cash allowed

You already knew this if you eat at Sweetgreen, but cash is losing currency, according to a N.Y. Times front-pager by Andy Newman:

  • "In Midtown and some other neighborhoods across New York City, cashless is fast on its way to becoming normal."
  • With more merchants accepting only credit or debit cards, a Visa exec calls it "freedom from carrying cash."
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