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Business
Aussies’ cash use drop during pandemic. But why the concern for a ‘cashless society’?
The number of Australians using physical cash to pay for goods and services plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts believe the country is not quite ready for a completely cashless society. Alan Shields, Chief Operating Officer at business intelligence firm RFi Group, said they had seen a crash in the rate of cash usage to just 19 per cent of transactions in 2020. This was associated with a rise in contactless payments, and the emergence of “mobile wallets” on smartphones. Despite this, Mr Shields does not believe that cash is dead. “An environment in which we are asked to...
Technology
TCG Process expands international presence into ANZ market
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