Cash
What a $5000 Chanel handbag tells you about China’s economy
In Beijing, the squeezing of the upper middle class shows just how far into Chinese society the economic slowdown is reaching.
- Lisa Visentin
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‘The cost of cash is real’: So who’s really paying to keep it alive?
Moving cash around the country in armoured cars costs money. But unlike digital payments that attract surcharges, these costs aren’t visible to consumers.
- Clancy Yeates
- Updated
- Inside China
‘Changes unseen in a century’: China braces for shifting global order
As a trade war with the United States begins, China wants to fire up its economy and plans to increase defence spending.
- Lisa Visentin
The coin that Australia’s ‘Uber for cash’ wants to kill
Millions of coins sit in wallets, banks, cash register tills, back pockets and underneath sofa cushions – and they face an unknown fate.
- Millie Muroi
Cash will remain king in the supermarket – but not at the bottle-o
The government is mandating cash for essential services across the country. Supermarkets and petrol stations are in – but bottle shops and cafes are out.
- Shane Wright
Flurry of mass casualty attacks in China causes alarm
There have been at least nine mass killings and attacks in China in 2024 – three more than in the entire previous decade.
- Casey Hall
Everything I learnt by giving up my card and using only cash for a week
According to the government, physical currency isn’t going anywhere. But just how easy is it to give up tap-and-go?
- Angus Delaney
- Editorial
- Cash economy
Cash is no longer king, but it pays to keep it around
Few among us would not have felt the sting of a surcharge for using debit and credit cards, but the cost of banknotes and coins is a real and growing concern.
- The Herald's View
Shops to be forced to accept cash for basic supplies and services
The use of physical currency has plummeted in recent years, but Australians will still be able to use it to buy essential items into the future.
- James Massola and Shane Wright
Afterpay billionaires say Australia is well on its way to a cashless future
Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen built an empire by detecting and responding to major shifts in financial behaviour. So their views on the immediate future carry weight.
- Clancy Yeates
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