[deisner]

This is a good article, with a particular focus on Sweden: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-ca...

It's beginning to happen in the US, too. One of my favorite restaurants, Sweetgreen, no longer accepts cash, and I'm boycotting them. I'd like the option to make an anonymous transaction, and I worry that we're entering an economy where those without access to banking services are excluded.

[nokcha]

>One of my favorite restaurants, Sweetgreen, no longer accepts cash

Is that a prepay restaurant? If the restaurant lets you pay after you finish eating, then by law (31 U.S. Code § 5103), cash is legal tender for settling your debt. However, the restaurant is not obligated to provide change if you do not present the exact amount due.

[deisner]

It's pre-pay.

[RandallBrown]

You could use a prepaid visa gift card or similar for (mostly) anonymous transactions.

Those are also helpful for people who can't get bank accounts.

[deepsun]

We do SaaS and we block prepaid cards -- too much fraud.

[Casseres]

$5 fee for a $50 card? No thanks.

[__s]

Ironic restaurant name