Information technology is changing the world through automation, by
bypassing middlemen and by digitization. We see dramatic effects today
in the music industry, going from CDs to streaming, in newspapers,
from paper to online, and in the banking industry, from branch offices
to the Internet. One of the most fundamental changes is the
replacement of physical cash, money and coins, by bits in a computer.
A Cash-Free Society is about this dramatic change. It shows the
advantages and disadvantages and discuss how we – consumers,
businesses and the society -can prepare for a new world where cash is
no longer king. Banks are closing down branch offices and removing
cash services. Customers wishing to withdraw money as cash are
directed to ATMs. But the number of ATMs is declining. Mobile
payments, either for paying bills or for person to person transactions
will be the last nail in the coffin for cash
.
These changes are fed by the overwhelming advantages, both for
consumers and businesses, to electronic payments. In the countries
that lead this transition to a digital economy, Iceland, Norway,
Sweden and Denmark, nearly all transactions, both in volume and
number, are digital. Today less than 3 percent of consumer payments
are in cash in Norway. Though there are some disadvantages, there are
clear benefits: cheaper transactions, less crime, simpler tax
processing and it will become more difficult to operate in the
black-market economy.
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Whether We Like It or Not
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781442227439
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter