Philadelphia bans cashless stores, moving against a cashless society [www.vox.com]
Philadelphia is the first US city to ban cashless stores [www.engadget.com]
Philadelphia Bans Cashless Businesses In Bid To Protect The 'Unbanked' : NPR [www.npr.org]
Sweetgreen, Amazon Go, and Drybar stores don’t let customers pay with cash. Now cities like Philadelphia are making that illegal. https://t.co/70UNfZVVXm
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 8, 2019
Philadelphia is the first US city to ban cashless stores https://t.co/4DGQlRBbP8 via @engadget
— Rob (@robdaemon) March 8, 2019
This is a *good thing* - not everyone has a bank account, or a credit card. Stop penalizing poor people.
Nearly 13 percent of Philadelphia's population doesn't have a bank account — more than double the regional average. The city has just become the first big city in the U.S. to ban cashless businesses.https://t.co/6wbU3aRy1j
— NPR (@NPR) March 8, 2019
Philadelphia is the first big city in the country to ban cash-free stores, in part over privacy concerns. New York and San Francisco reportedly considering similar measures.https://t.co/99nweT7tXn https://t.co/tVh53RwpS3
— DLT (@DLTsays) March 8, 2019
A growing number of stores don’t let customers pay with cash. Now cities like Philadelphia are making that illegal. https://t.co/O3zL3jtTqz
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 9, 2019
Poverty is a cash-based life.#Philly is the poorest big city in America. But any city that goes cashless excludes the poor.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 9, 2019
Protecting The 'Unbanked' By Banning Cashless Businesses In Philadelphia https://t.co/TO3effgsH5