Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are approaching a practical turning point in how they pay. Cash and checks still play an outsized role in day-to-day operations, especially for supplier and vendor payments, but the direction of travel is clear. Many SMBs want simpler, more modern...
A bill that would prohibit food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept cash payments is on its way to the New York governor’s desk after being passed both houses of the state legislature. The bill — S4153-A in the state senate and A7929-A in the house...
After more than 200 years, it is time to say goodbye to the penny. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (May 22), the U.S. Treasury Department will cease putting new pennies into circulation by early 2026. Eventually, the department told WSJ, there won’t...
Thailand’s digital wallet stimulus plan has suddenly become less digital. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 3), Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the government’s planned 450 billion baht ($13.1 billion) “digital wallet” handout will be distributed in cash, a change from the government’s flagship policy. Initially,...
February 03, 2023
The conventional wisdom is that the shift to digital payments has led us all away from cash. Jamison Jaworski, GM-SVP of retail and Green Dot Network at Green Dot, and Nicole Haskins, vice president, electronic billing and payment solutions and innovations at Paymentus, told PYMNTS that cash is still sticky, and still is a vital […]
January 15, 2023
Leading up to final approval, payments-related aspects of Italy’s 2023 budget were hotly debated. One of those debates ended up with the government backtracking on an initial proposal to ditch...
December 06, 2018
Forty countries: That’s how many places either have real-time payments programs in progress or live. That’s progress. Yet, there is more work to be done. In the latest edition of...
July 26, 2018
A consumer can own multiple credit cards and live in a highly technological society and still want to pay via a method that can come pretty close to resembling cash....
March 23, 2026
New York Attorney General Letitia James reminded New Yorkers Friday (March 20) that a new law requires stores throughout the state to allow customers to pay in cash. While sharing this reminder in a consumer alert, James also invited New Yorkers to submit a complaint to the Office of the Attorney General if they believe […]
June 13, 2025
A bill that would prohibit food stores and retail establishments from refusing to accept cash payments is on its way to the New York governor’s desk after being passed both...
May 22, 2025
After more than 200 years, it is time to say goodbye to the penny. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (May 22), the U.S. Treasury Department will cease...
September 03, 2024
Thailand’s digital wallet stimulus plan has suddenly become less digital. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 3), Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the government’s planned 450 billion baht ($13.1 billion) “digital...
