Money

[davidbfpo]

By a financial writer in The Guardian and sub-titled:

Poor people and small businesses rely on cash. A contactless system will likely entrench poverty and pave the way for terrifying levels of surveillance

Link:http://www.theguardian.com/money/com...ld-contactless

[Firn]

Italy has certainly stepped up it's efforts to increase the share of digital transactions at the expense of cash transfers. To some extent I do actually support this move however in some areas we have gone in my humble opinion too far.

There have been already a good amount of input into the discussion but maybe it is worthwhile to add that cash provides key benefits at an expense to the taxpayers - not the agents of the specific transaction. You also don't need a credit score or a seal of approval to hold and use cash.

Maybe the poor are indeed hit harder by the push towards digital transactions, I take a look at some studies.