mralexn
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Coming back to the cashless society that keeps on being talked about. I'm more for freedom of choice. After all, the easier you make it for people to buy things the more they will buy.
The problem I see with being 100% cashless is as follows:-
1. What is to stop banks from charging say 10% on all transactions. Don't like it? Oh well. Take Paypal and Ebay as an example. Want to send some money to your child as a gift, oh, sorry 10% of that goes to the bank. You get the idea.
2. Let's say that the payment processor is hacked or for some reason isn't working, seems a very quick way to cause chaos.
the most over the top restrictions introduced
I've seen lots of over the top restrictions such as temperature checks to enter a restaurant and food served only in take away containers. My most hated has to be the amount of signage at stansted airport which has all been printed on a template with "for your safety" written on it. Theres one...
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Coming back to the cashless society that keeps on being talked about. I'm more for freedom of choice. After all, the easier you make it for people to buy things the more they will buy.
The problem I see with being 100% cashless is as follows:-
1. What is to stop banks from charging say 10% on all transactions. Don't like it? Oh well. Take Paypal and Ebay as an example. Want to send some money to your child as a gift, oh, sorry 10% of that goes to the bank. You get the idea.
2. Let's say that the payment processor is hacked or for some reason isn't working, seems a very quick way to cause chaos.
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