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I suppose it's because it takes time to implement credit card transactions securely and properly, and it could increase fare as well. Here in Southeast Asia Mal

by a012 10y ago

I suppose it's because it takes time to implement credit card transactions securely and properly, and it could increase fare as well. Here in Southeast Asia Malaysian startup Grab have cash only first then added cards years later and just recently.

ajdlinux 10y ago
It's not particularly hard to interface with an external payment processor like PayPal, Stripe, etc. The situation in most Asian countries is a bit different from markets like the US or Australia. Here in Australia, I use cash maybe once every two weeks, it's very rare for me to have more than $30-40 in my wallet - I often have no cash at all. I suspect the real reason here is that credit cards aren't anonymous and are contrary to the ethos of the author here.