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Beggars are gonna have a very hard time.
by Florin_Andrei 9y ago
Beggars are gonna have a very hard time.
- defen 9y agoNot to mention pickpockets https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/nyregion/the-pickpockets-tale.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/nyregion/the-pickpockets-...
- twohearted 9y agoInteresting thought experiment. If beggars accepted NFC payments I bet they'd make a lot more money.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoHere in Las Vegas, beggars already ask if you can VENMO them a dollar. They usually have VENMO, PAYPAL, and the CASH app. I even met a beggar once who had a stripe terminal and could swipe your card. Edit: Ok, actually the last one is a joke. But not the first 3.
- televod 9y agoI've seen a panhandler (in the US) flying a sign sporting a GoFundMe campaign URL. I could see phone-to-phone contactless payment becoming commonplace in the same scenario.
- woolvalley 9y agoAlso QR codes in china: http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0418/c90000-9204536.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0418/c90000-9204536.html
- alkonaut 9y agoSweden is effectively the most cash free place on the map, and there is no shortage of beggars. Not really sure how this works.