In a digital world, cash complements cashless, providing the resilience, inclusivity and privacy its digital counterparts lack. Speaking to the Financial Times, financial journalist and author Brett Scott has pushed back against ‘culture wars’ portraying cash as regressive when it actually serves a critical role in developing an innovative and progressive payments landscape.
Scott is critical of the way certain parts of the payments sector are fanning the flames of ongoing conflicts between social groups that unnecessarily pit cash against cashless.
