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by Nasrudith 1756 days ago
Some cities had an issue to even have to ban in person businesses from banning cash transactionss. Given the costs of cash handling taken for granted bizzarely it is possible that being charged a fee where there was none before will save merchants and consumers money net even while the credit card companies make money. Cash counting machines, time spent tracking physical money, safes, and armored car transports all cost money. The wire transfers of money and credit are a real service of real value.