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on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:45AM
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[...] Artists entertaining at specific spaces along the Royal Mile will be equipped with special readers to take fixed-amount payments.
It comes after feedback which noted a drop in the number of people carrying cash.
[...] Street performer Scott Hutchison said: "Until now, I've relied on cash contributions from audiences and I have definitely noticed a dip as the number of people carrying cash has decreased.
Source: Street Performers to Take Contactless Tips at Edinburgh Fringe
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:51PM
There are still a couple of places here in town that take only cash. When the tornadoes hit here in March 2006 power was out for a week, meaning the bank was closed, ATMs didn't work, and most places that stayed open in the dark or had emergency lighting could only take cash; no power, no credit card readers.
My cats would have gone hungry had I not found an old store that still had the old fashioned card reader that used carbon paper.
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