Small percentage of business have gone cashless, study suggests
Toronto Sun | January 14, 2020
Paying for goods and services with plastic seems to be the most convenient thing to do nowadays, but only 5% of small business have stopped taking cash, according to a Bank of Canada study. The study, entitled Merchant Acceptance Survey, noted futuristic forecasts of a cashless world seem to be overblown. “We estimate that only 5% of merchants currently do not accept cash, and an additional 8% plan to stop accepting cash within the next five years,” the study stated, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Importantly, 85% of merchants stated they have no plans to stop accepting cash.”