Accepting the legal tender of the country should be a pre-requisite of running a business, just like paying taxes. There are still plenty of people who do not carry or own a card and only make purcha… (View Post)

Or you do not have enough social credits to make these purchases. A system the Chinese are already running. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explaine… (View Post)

Instead they are putting that risk onto the customer. Given the £100 limit on contactless transactions now - introduced without anyone having the chance to object - it is far more dangerous for you t… (View Post)

I am already choosing not to shop anywhere that does not take cash. I do not exclusively use cash, indeed I probably use cards more often than cash but I think it is important that the choice to use … (View Post)

I have dipped in and out for the bits of historical interest. But for me the most memorable bit of the whole thing, outside of the initial news, was the local Proclamations of Accession all around th… (View Post)