On November 31st, I attended the Brooklyn Nets game against the Memphis Grizzlies (with the giant Marc Gasol, the Grizzlies' Spanish center player in the middle) at the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn. Having arrived a little late from Montreal, I hadn't eaten anything yet and wanted to buy myself a pizza and a Bud; but oh dear - I only had "cash in the bag," as we say in eastern Switzerland. I quickly put my credit cards and ID in the hotel safe and only put 200 dollars in my pocket. In small bills, as was customary in the old days of traveling.
The punch line is obvious: the entire Barclays singapore rcs data Stadium is a "cash free zone". Cash is no longer accepted there; anyone who doesn't have a credit card or at least Apple or Google Pay on their phone is lost and will remain hungry and thirsty until the long game (two and a half exciting hours) is over.
So, cash is a dying breed, that's nothing new. When I travel through North America as a digital trend scout, I always look to see what awaits us. And I'm so glad that one thing is not in question: Christmas. The lights have never flickered more colorfully around Times Square and NYC and underground, in the totally subterranean shopping mall in Montreal. Montreal is considered Canada's Silicon Valley. And since Trump and Trudeau moved from close combat mode to handshake mode, the world's two leading digital countries have become friends again.