Philadelphia Just Banned Most Cashless Stores [gizmodo.com]
Philadelphia bans cashless stores and restaurants, becomes first city in the United States to do so [www.cbsnews.com]
Philly’s cashless store ban may leave unbanked residents behind [whyy.org]
Amazon stores could be threatened by cashless trend [www.businessinsider.com]
Philly is the poorest big city in America.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 9, 2019
We only have cash.
Philadelphia Just Banned Most Cashless Stores, a First for a U.S. City<em></em> https://t.co/8YUTmbIQLc
Philadelphia just passed a municipal law that requires stores to accept cash (not just credit cards) as part of economic inclusion:https://t.co/QQaNbTdTjt.
— Addison Cameron-Huff (@aCameronhuff) March 8, 2019
Canadian cities have less lawmaking powers than their US counterparts but I could see a law like this passing here too.
No one has the right to tell two consenting adults what medium they can or cannot use in a peaceful voluntary exchange. If you lose this core principle, you have lost everything.#SelfOwnershiphttps://t.co/UU6WAZiK7Y via @gizmodo
— Ⓥin Ⓐrmani (@vinarmani) March 9, 2019
This can't be constitutional. Our business also doesn't accept cash. People who only have #cash and no #cashless forms of payment are generally LOSERS. https://t.co/LSFK0xDtA8
— Tom Leykis (@tomleykis) March 8, 2019
Nearly 13% of Philadelphia’s population—about 200,000 people—are unbanked, more than double the regional average. (via @awmoselle) https://t.co/ydrskafshs
— Urban Institute (@urbaninstitute) March 8, 2019