Philadelphia Just Banned Most Cashless Stores

Philadelphia City Hall.Photo: Matt Rourke (AP)
The city of Philadelphia has banned cashless stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, in a move that “will require most retail stores to accept cash” as opposed to credit cards or mobile devices. Unless mandated by other laws, retail stores, restaurants, and other businesses are not actually obligated to accept cash as a form of payment, and lately, there has been a wave of businesses banning physical currency and instead asking for payment via cards or apps. Other bills to ban cashless establishments are currently being proposed in New York and New Jersey, while Massachusetts already mandates cash as an accepted form of payment, the Journal wrote.

Source: gizmodo.com