http://tomorrowstransactions.com/2010/02/only-five-more-years/ Thought leadership from Consult Hyperion Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://tomorrowstransactions.com/2010/02/only-five-more-years/#comment-1768 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:28:02 +0000 http://ec2-54-201-142-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/2010/02/only-five-more-years/#comment-1768 very interesting post, this certainly seems to be the trend with more and more people using debit cards to make purchases that were typically done with cash. another reason we are seeing this shift is that the cost to produce money (particularly coins) continues to rise. also, governments/employers of course love digital money, easier to track. and at the end of the day, it is simply an easier and more efficient consumer experience. david waxman, http://www.vitaband.net

]]> http://tomorrowstransactions.com/2010/02/only-five-more-years/#comment-1767 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:47:23 +0000 http://ec2-54-201-142-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/2010/02/only-five-more-years/#comment-1767 The Consumer association was misquoted, they are actually very worried about consumers not being able to use a legal means of payments (cash)to pay for goods. Prior attempts to go cashless with parking meters and at supermarket Marqt were met with resistance (although it was possible in the end).

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