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Justin Case [soylentnews.org] writes:

Bluestone, which now has 20 stores in the U.S., went cashless [npr.org] last October.

A big reason: Nearly 90 percent of customers ... never paid in cash.

Another reason: The lines move faster when employees don't have to make change.

"We see a lot of guests that pay for a meal with a credit card, but will always leave a cash tip. And I think people like doing that. People like palming a bartender a $20 or palming their server a $10. Palming the bus boy a couple bucks," said Fileccia.

There are also people, he said, who want to keep their meal off the books — if they're having an affair, for example.

No, businesses are not required to accept cash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender [wikipedia.org]

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