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Mwalimu to [email protected] • 11 months ago

Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

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Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out
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    Not sure how much good that’ll be… A lot of banks are giving out cards where the numbers are only printed, I haven’t had one with raised numbers in years.

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      You could just write down the numbers.

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        You could, but then we wouldn’t be talking about a carbon paper roller thingy…

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