[LINK] Australia "15% of payments in cash"

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:30 PM 1/10/2013, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>On 1/10/2013 9:32 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> > "The challenge now is educating Australians that small purchases like
> > heading down the road to grab a coffee and a paper can be made with greater
> > convenience by leaving the cash at home," Grobler said.
>
>"The challenge now is educating governments and corporations that small
>electronic payments can leave ruddy great data trails that many people
>think governments and corporations will misuse" Bernard said.

I also have a limit of the number of transactions I can do in a month 
before the bank starts charging me for this cashless "privilege". 
Plus they are now creaming off 3.5% on the exchange rate plus a fee 
to do it, which is barbaric. Even the financial commentators are 
criticising this greed.

I've found a possible way around the latter if anyone is interested. 
Get in touch offlist.

Jan



Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com

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