Philadelphia city officials worked closely with Amazon and tried to “slow down” and amend legislation that would require retailers to take cash, according to emails between the city and online retail giant.| Inquirer.com
Surveillance, spear phishing and missing billions. 'At times I thought I was going crazy.' Dan McCrum explains the twists and turns behind the massive fraud| www.ft.com
Bundesbank Executive Board member Johannes Beermann has indicated that the risk of picking up coronavirus via cash is extremely minimal. In a press briefing at the Bundesbank, Mr Beermann noted that “the probability of becoming ill from handling cash is smaller than from many other objects used in everyday life”.| www.bundesbank.de
The Covid-19 pandemic has fanned public concerns that the coronavirus could be transmitted by cash. Scientific evidence suggests that the probability of transmission via banknotes is low when compared with other frequently-touched objects, such as credit card terminals or PIN pads. To bolster trust in cash, central banks are actively communicating, urging continued acceptance of cash and, in some instances, sterilising or quarantining banknotes. Some encourage contactless payments. Looking ah...| www.bis.org
Covid-19 will be mobilised by the financial industry to push their War on Cash even further, leaving us ensnared within their private digital money empire| Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
