Cashless Society

• Coronavirus: Is it legal for businesses to refuse cash as a result of COVID-19?

  While it is legal for businesses to not accept cash, the Bank of Canada recently issued a statement asking businesses to keep accepting it.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2020
  
• Cashless society: 85 per cent of Canadians don’t pay with cash regularly

  85% of Canadian consumers are now paying with either debit or credit on a regular basis.

  Consumer

  Sep 9, 2019
  
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• Winnipeg eatery taking cash off the menu, patrons to pay with plastic

  Boon Burger Cafe is now not only meatless, its cashless. The Winnipeg vegan eatery said Tuesday it will no longer accept cash payments, preferring plastic instead.

  Consumer

  Jul 17, 2018
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• Hard cash hardly a relic as use is on the rise: report

  Even though more people now use cards, mobile phones or even facial recognition technology to pay street performers, buy pizza or donate to church on Sundays, hard cash is showing no signs of dying out, central bankers said.

  Money

  Mar 11, 2018
• Is Canada becoming a cashless society?

  A brand new restaurant in Ottawa doesn't accept cash payments. Could this become a trend?

  Money

  Aug 13, 2017
• More and more people prefer plastic over paper when paying the bill: survey

  More than a third of Europeans and Americans would be happy to go without cash and rely on electronic forms of payment if they could, a study showed Wednesday.

  Consumer

  Apr 25, 2017