#Cash #CashlessSociety: "The shiny, bright future of full computerisation looks very much like a dystopia to someone who either doesn’t understand it or have the means to access it. And almost by definition, the people who can’t access the digitalised world are seldom visible, because absence is not easy to see. What is apparent is that improved efficiency doesn’t necessarily lead to greater wellbeing.

From a technological and economic perspective, the case for removing railway station ticket offices is hard to refute. A public consultation process is under way by train operators who present the proposed closures as means of bringing “station staff closer to customers”.

The RMT union, by contrast, believes it’s a means of bringing the staff closer to unemployment and has mounted a campaign heralding the good work done by ticket offices across the network. Whatever the truth, human interaction is in danger of being undervalued in the digital landscape.

Technology doesn’t have to be dehumanising, but if it’s to avoid that outcome it has to be human-focused, not just consumer-focused, and in particular not just digital-consumer-focused."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/20/no-app-no-entry-how-the-digital-world-is-failing-the-non-tech-savvy?CMP=fb_a-technology_b-gdntech

RT from patrick blower (@blowercartoons)

Telegraph cartoon 14.8.23 #cashlesssociety #inflation @Telegraph

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/blowercartoons/status/1691011606849724417

@slashdot No thank-you…

I've only ever had money stolen from my wallet once. That was on a school camp. Amount: AU$20. That was back in 2002.

I avoided debit/credit cards until I absolutely could avoid them no more.

Started off with a pre-paid debit card from the post office. Several times, it inexplicably failed to pay the merchant, leaving the actual money in limbo until the transaction 'timed out'.

Ditched that, opened up a separate account at the bank (separate from my main one) with Internet Banking and a debit card… that was fine… until a mystery transaction appeared for "The Cheesecake Shop" at Villawood for AU$50 appeared. I live in Brisbane, haven't been to NSW since 2018! Only option: cancelling the card and getting the transaction refunded.

Then there's the "regional areas" mentioned. I've seen the food vendors do the Visa Card Jig at Imbil more times than I care to count!

And suppose you want to give someone some cash in the street (for whatever reason). What do you do, rub the cards together vigorously?

Sorry, hard pass!

#rant #finance #CashlessSociety

Apparently, the number of people who are currently ranting about the privacy issues of Meta's new app but who are also promoting digital wallets from the likes of Google, Apple & co. and dragging us into a cashless society without basic privacy for anybody is larger than 0. And I'm not even surprised. 🤦‍♀️

#Hypocrites #CashlessSociety #Privacy

China leads race to become world's top #CashlessSociety, says British expert. The proportion of total amount of money in circulation in the form of cash has dropped to 3.7 pct in China and is continuing to fall http://xhtxs.cn/JQO #digitalmoney

The advantages of instant payments at the point of sale are numerous for both retailers and customers. In today's #POS feature, we delve into how businesses can ensure funds are settled as quickly as possible, without incurring extra costs! ⏱️ 💨

https://blog.wonderful.co.uk/pos-systems-instant-payments/

#CashFlow #InstantPayments #RealTimePayments #InstantPayout #InstantSettlement #OpenBanking #FinTech #A2A #PaymentsInnovation #PaymentProcessing #MobilePayments #CashlessSociety #PointOfSale #POS

We're already halfway to that world, where giant corporations decide which apps you can use, whether you can get your devices repaired, and whether your gadgets will brick themselves when the manufacturer decides it's time for you to upgrade.

One final concern I share with the swivel-eyed loons: the #CashlessSociety. Governments all over the world, in collaboration with the largest corporations, are working hard to eliminate cash money in favor of credit- and debit-cards.

25/

Tucker Carlson is talking about Trans murders and guns...

But, I think this is more prescient...

#cashlesssociety
#CBDC

Klaus Schwab just scored a MASSIVE win towards his WEF 2030 great reset | Redacted w Clayton Morris

https://rumble.com/v2fd0es-klaus-schwab-just-scored-a-massive-win-towards-wef-2030-great-reset-redacte.html

#BankCollapse #DollarCollapse #SVBCollapse #DigitalDollar #DigitalCurrency #CBDC #CashlessSociety #Meme #Memes

Ministers have taken another step towards creating a 'digital pound' but played down fears it could herald the end of hard cash.
The government and Bank of England have unveiled a road map that could see the virtual currency nicknamed 'Britcoin' introduced this decade.
#cashlesssociety
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11722133/Ministers-play-fears-new-Britcoin-herald-end-cash.html

Limit #CBDC to institutional use only or else #CashlessSociety will not be the #utopia you might imagine. #TomEmmer

https://republicans-financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408195

Inside #Nigeria's Ambitious Push of #CashlessSociety, #eNaira #CBDC
Nigeria is capping cash withdrawals in order to drive adoption of its CBDC the eNaira—but will people embrace the #centralbank’s vision?
By Chidirim Ndeche
Dec 18, 2022 https://decrypt.co/117229/inside-nigerias-ambitious-push-of-cashless-society-and-enaira

Inside #Nigeria's Ambitious Push of #CashlessSociety, #eNaira #CBDC
Nigeria is capping cash withdrawals in order to drive adoption of its CBDC the eNaira—but will people embrace the #centralbank’s vision?
By Chidirim Ndeche
Dec 18, 2022 https://decrypt.co/117229/inside-nigerias-ambitious-push-of-cashless-society-and-enaira

Inside #Nigeria's Ambitious Push of #CashlessSociety, #eNaira #CBDC https://decrypt.co/117229/inside-nigerias-ambitious-push-of-cashless-society-and-enaira

Inside #Nigeria's Ambitious Push of #CashlessSociety, #eNaira #CBDC https://decrypt.co/117229/inside-nigerias-ambitious-push-of-cashless-society-and-enaira

Nigeria Limits Cash Withdrawals to $45 per Day in CBDC, Digital Banking Push.
A year after launching its CBDC, the Central Bank of Nigeria has capped cash withdrawals to get more people to go cashless.
#cashlesssociety #digitalbanking
https://decrypt.co/116616/nigeria-limits-cash-withdrawals-45-day-cbdc-digital-banking-push

This is the #newworldorder #cashlesssociety #CentralBankDigitalCurrency #CBDC

https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-09-22-central-bank-digital-currency-digital-concentration-camps.html

This is the #newworldorder #cashlesssociety #CentralBankDigitalCurrency #CBDC

https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-09-22-central-bank-digital-currency-digital-concentration-camps.html

@th1rd ProHuman=AntiHuman
#GlobalCreditScore
#ArtificalScarcity
#CashlessSociety

Something to know before accepting the "terms and conditions" of the new social contract.
#CBDC
#cashlessSociety
#socialControl