The other morning we stopped at a local Starbucks (I know, but the others were shut) to buy my daughter’s oat milk latte (I know). She emerged a few minutes later: ‘It’s cash only! Who actually has cash any more?’ Well, I certainly didn’t and it’s a point to ponder. Anti-onliners would say it’s proof of how the world could fall apart if systems crash. I have to say that going back to cash after a year of contactless feels like a return bartering with sheep and cattle in the Middle Ages. But maybe it’s just part of Starbucks (alleged) multi-national tax-avoidance strategy…
“Amazon invades financial services with home insurance launch”
Amazon, like Musk, and Branson before them both, can afford to try lots of stuff and fail at some.
