[ThePowerOfFuet]

It costs businesses money to handle cash; it has to be counted, transported, deposited, and it can be stolen.

[logicalmonster]

It's fair to say that there's a bit of manual work involved with cash.

But I gotta say if my biggest problem as a business owner was having a pile of cash that took too long to count, well that wouldn't exactly rank highly on my list of biggest life concerns to deal with.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

Your employees can't steal card transactions made with your POS equipment.

Most banks charge businesses a fee for cash deposits per thousand dollars deposited. It's not typically free.

I would say that it's more or less even between cash and card (although much better in Europe where the fees are capped much lower).

[tanseydavid]

It is an essential part of doing business.

This is almost like pointing out that inventory can be stolen. Of course it can.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

Of course it is, but it was suggested that the businesses would save money by accepting cash; it might be a case of six of one, half a dozen of the other.