A world without cash: Could it happen? | CNBC Reports

For the first time ever this year, card payments will be more popular than cash in the U.K. So could the entire country go cashless? CNBC’s Elizabeth Schulze reports.

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[andersonchrisa]

Married men in America already live a cashless life ;)

[joeovip]

She is good! I like her reporting style.

[Antoine.Gagnon]

After Canada and Sweden... Ah yeah? CANADA

[coreywong]

You missed China! It's already 99% cashless.

[yobro]

Not sure if it will happen.... But very sure it shouldn't happen ... As somday if the bank just goes bankrupt we are gonna beg on the streets.... Even in case of a natural disaster and when power is down only real money will few bucks in hand....

[yytke]

it's happening now for me, I haven't seen cash for an half year in Wuhan China . Here, everything can buy using a mobile phone
China's online pay system is advnced

[michaelbanes]

How many people are in debt with their cards.?the psychology of making and recieving money meant careful spending.now the card companies are encouraging people to be financially reckless. I bet rich people don t spend like this

[darshankhunt]

The videography and reporting is some quality work. Her outfits are amazing!!

[questioningeverything]

No we will keep our cash I like my privacy !

[PhantomMagician]

A Cashless Society = A hackers dream come true. If you have cash you have a safety net

[MrMe]

Sign of the times !!! Cashless society, mark of the beast

[pallabbiswas]

Let's ban CONTACTLESS CARDS. If stolen you are doomed.

[doodelay]

They should accept bitcoin and litecoin soon as well. Cash shouldn't be entirely foregone though cause not everyone has access to payment cards or smart phones

[Gianvil]

"Just cheap people can be bought". - Luchardis

[RueLeBastards]

Cashless society is dangerous.. imagine one day bank closed your account and you can do any transaction! Who controls it?

[howishigh]

China is already a cashless country. It's pretty amazing in China.

[jordansunderman]

I'm a coin collector and I do not want a cashless society

[arthurmillet]

In Boston the transit agency has been working on a new fare system and one part of it is to stop accepting cash on buses and start accepting contactless bank card payments. There have been a lot of controversy about this as it hurts low income people. The transit agency has had this dream that they could put fare machines at literally every bus stop across the region which would accept both cash & cards but they gave up on that and now are expecting to deploy fewer of them.

[shahzebkhan]

What.. China isn't even in the top 3 lists of being cashless?

In some of their cities, some people haven't seen cash in years

[nunyadambusiness]

this disproportionately hurts low income americans.