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But barter is better than cash

Since time immemorial, folks have bartered and haggled over goods and services.  It’s the nature of society, which is why we have swap shops, car boot sales and markets.  “C’mon, c’mon, roll up, roll up, 3 for a £1 today”. “Ere mate, I’ll give you a fiver for 20?”“Okey-doke”.        eBay encourages a bit…

But barter is better than cash

Since time immemorial, folks have bartered and haggled over goods and services.  It’s the nature of society, which is why we have swap shops, car boot sales and markets.  “C’mon, c’mon, roll up, roll up, 3 for a £1 today”. “Ere mate, I’ll give you a fiver for 20?”“Okey-doke”.        eBay encourages a bit…

But cash is better than cashless

After my discussion yesterday of cashless economies, and my blogs before about a cashless world such as this one, I find that nearly all of the cashless discussions come from the card companies.  For example, Peter Ayliffe, CEO of Visa Europe, made a statement in March 2007 that we would be living in a cashless…

We are living in a cashless society

It is interesting to think about cash and where cash is going.  Can we really be cashless? The history of cash, as those who know my presentations, is that it was invented for sex.  I know a lot of people don’t believe this, but the first form of money was the shekel.  The shekel was…

We are living in a cashless society

It is interesting to think about cash and where cash is going.  Can we really be cashless? The history of cash, as those who know my presentations, is that it was invented for sex.  I know a lot of people don’t believe this, but the first form of money was the shekel.  The shekel was…

We are living in a cashless society

It is interesting to think about cash and where cash is going.  Can we really be cashless? The history of cash, as those who know my presentations, is that it was invented for sex.  I know a lot of people don’t believe this, but the first form of money was the shekel.  The shekel was…

SEPA today, SAPA tomorrow

Interesting to be in Asia at the moment, which is where I flew out to in case you were wondering yesterday.  I’m here at a major payments conference and was sorry to miss the minor "hurrah" as SEPA went live on Monday.  Whoopee-doo!  Did you see the celebrations and fireworks?  Nope?  Neither did I.  In…

SEPA today, SAPA tomorrow

Interesting to be in Asia at the moment, which is where I flew out to in case you were wondering yesterday.  I’m here at a major payments conference and was sorry to miss the minor "hurrah" as SEPA went live on Monday.  Whoopee-doo!  Did you see the celebrations and fireworks?  Nope?  Neither did I.  In…

SEPA today, SAPA tomorrow

Interesting to be in Asia at the moment, which is where I flew out to in case you were wondering yesterday.  I’m here at a major payments conference and was sorry to miss the minor "hurrah" as SEPA went live on Monday.  Whoopee-doo!  Did you see the celebrations and fireworks?  Nope?  Neither did I.  In…

SEPA today, SAPA tomorrow

Interesting to be in Asia at the moment, which is where I flew out to in case you were wondering yesterday.  I’m here at a major payments conference and was sorry to miss the minor "hurrah" as SEPA went live on Monday.  Whoopee-doo!  Did you see the celebrations and fireworks?  Nope?  Neither did I.  In…