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Mohandas Pai raises concern over Zomato taking cash at Bryan Adams concert, says ‘consumers should have the choice…’
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mohandas Pai raises concern over Zomato taking cash at Bryan Adams concert, says ‘consumers should have the choice…’

Live Mint  

A Gurugram concert by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams descended into chaos earlier this month as food and drink stalls insisted on cash payments. Gupta's post alleges that the agency executing the event was trying to avoid paying taxes by receiving money in cash. The post also alleged that the card machines or UPI PoS machines were working"perfectly", but the staff …

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Reparations supporters plot comeback after bitter defeat in California Legislature
4 months ago

Reparations supporters plot comeback after bitter defeat in California Legislature

Associated Press  

Still grappling with the fallout from the defeat of two bills in the Legislature’s final hours, backers of reparations geared up for a grinding fight they said could last a decade and debated whether new divisions amongst them are best resolved through reconciliation or open political warfare. “The trust is completely broken between the Black Caucus and reparations organizers,” said …

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We are right not to give up on cash – but can we rely on our banks?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

We are right not to give up on cash – but can we rely on our banks?

The Independent  

If any good has come from the largest tech outage in history, it is that it reminded the world just how reliant we have become on technology that can fail; that contactless isn’t a convenient way to pay during a digital blackout – and that old-fashioned cash has its advantages. Under new rules announced by the Financial Conduct Authority, banks …

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ED calls in Arvind Kejriwal's aide, AAP MLA in liquor excise policy case
9 months ago

ED calls in Arvind Kejriwal's aide, AAP MLA in liquor excise policy case

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate questioned Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant Bibhav Kumar and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Durgesh Pathak on Monday in investigation of the money laundering aspects of the alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22, officers said. AAP responds ED needed clarifications on documents from Kumar and Kejriwal’s engagements, while Pathak’s name surfaced in statements related …

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Delhi excise probe: Delhi CM’s PA Bibhav Kumar questioned; Durgesh Pathak summoned
9 months ago

Delhi excise probe: Delhi CM’s PA Bibhav Kumar questioned; Durgesh Pathak summoned

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate is questioning Bibhav Kumar, personal assistant of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, while Aam Aadmi Party MLA Durgesh Pathak has also been summoned on Monday in connection with the money laundering probe in Delhi excise policy case. ED has alleged that ₹45 crore bribe, taken through hawala route from South Group, was used in AAP’s Goa election …

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Column: There’s no way California can solve homelessness without supporting reparations
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: There’s no way California can solve homelessness without supporting reparations

LA Times  

It’s hard for some Californians — maybe many — to wrap their heads around the idea that the homelessness we see on our streets has any connection to slavery. “That feels like a conversation that, if we are being honest, we need to have.” It’s certainly the case being made by California’s Legislative Black Caucus. “America’s wealth was built by …

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California lawmakers unveiled 14 reparations bills. None of them call for cash payments
11 months, 1 week ago

California lawmakers unveiled 14 reparations bills. None of them call for cash payments

LA Times  

The California Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday outlined the first set of reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the United States, with proposals that include a call for the state to issue a formal apology, to prohibit involuntary servitude in prisons and to return property seized by governments under race-based eminent domain. The package of …

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Most Californians want reparations for slavery but don’t want to pay cash. Now what?
1 year, 3 months ago

Most Californians want reparations for slavery but don’t want to pay cash. Now what?

LA Times  

Longtime Los Angeles resident Walter Foster, 80, holds up a sign as the California Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in 2022. Kamilah Moore, the chair of the Reparations Task Force, said she considered it a win that 6 in 10 California voters agreed that slavery still affects today’s Black residents. …

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New poll finds California voters resoundingly oppose cash reparations for slavery
1 year, 4 months ago

New poll finds California voters resoundingly oppose cash reparations for slavery

LA Times  

Survivors and descendants of victims of Palm Springs’ racist historical Section 14 policy gather at the United Methodist Church in Palm Springs on April 16. California voters oppose the idea of the state offering cash payments to the descendants of enslaved African Americans by a 2-to-1 margin, according to the results of a new poll that foreshadows the political difficulty …

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California’s reparations proposal moves to Newsom, state lawmakers
1 year, 6 months ago

California’s reparations proposal moves to Newsom, state lawmakers

LA Times  

Bishop Henry C. Williams, of Oakland, testifies during the California Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento in March. After two years of deliberations, California’s Reparations Task Force on Thursday sent its final report and recommendations to the state Capitol, where Gov. “For those reactionaries who say slavery is old news and the time for reparations has passed, well, you know …

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Westpac announces it will be changing ATM withdrawal limit
1 year, 6 months ago

Westpac announces it will be changing ATM withdrawal limit

Daily Mail  

Westpac has announced it will be changing its withdrawal limit from ATMs as fears are raised over the dangers of an increasingly cashless society. Independent payments market expert Lance Blockley estimated that by 2025 traditional cash would make up less than 4 per cent of total retail purchases across the country Experts have warned of the dangers of an increasingly …

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Cashless businesses face consumer boycotts as people claim it denies freedoms
1 year, 6 months ago

Cashless businesses face consumer boycotts as people claim it denies freedoms

ABC  

Businesses that ask for cashless payments are facing backlash and boycotts from a section of the community that believes refusing to take cash is an infringement of their personal rights. Key points: Some consumers are driving a campaign against businesses for going cashless Mike Palmer started a Facebook group that encourages boycotts of cashless businesses There are currently no laws …

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It’s complicated: ‘X-date’ calculations aim to zero in on when the US may run short of cash
1 year, 7 months ago

It’s complicated: ‘X-date’ calculations aim to zero in on when the US may run short of cash

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For all the concern over just when the government might run short of money to pay its bills, it turns out that no one can be absolutely sure exactly when the country will default — what officials are calling the “X-date” — if there’s no deal to raise the debt limit. The X-date arrives when the government no …

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Column: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery

LA Times  

State Sen. Steven Bradford, right, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer are members of the California reparations task force Gov. That’s the deadline for the California Reparations Task Force — created by Newsom and legislators — to finish its two years of often-acrimonious work. When asked whether I could quote him, he responded: “Oh, sure, and then I’ll be called a big …

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Cairns Regional Council overturns decision to go cashless after residents rally
1 year, 8 months ago

Cairns Regional Council overturns decision to go cashless after residents rally

ABC  

Residents of a Far North Queensland city have overturned a council decision to ban cash payments after thousands of residents rallied against the move. Key points: Cairns Regional Council overturns a ban on cash payments at their facilities More than 5,000 residents signed a petition against the move A global report finds cash continues to play a big role in …

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Call for energy social tariff cash payments for poorest households
1 year, 10 months ago

Call for energy social tariff cash payments for poorest households

The Independent  

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Dutch central bank says too many retailers refuse cash payments
1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch central bank says too many retailers refuse cash payments

NL Times  

Too many retailers in the Netherlands have stopped accepting cash payments, warned the De Nederlandsche Bank, the country’s central bank. Refusing cash makes it more difficult for some people to make purchases, and the usability of coins and banknotes generally decreases as more and more retailers want to customers to use debit cards instead, the central bank said. About one …

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Reparations for Black Americans: Here’s what some state and local governments are doing
2 years, 5 months ago

Reparations for Black Americans: Here’s what some state and local governments are doing

CNN  

Evanston, Illinois CNN — Louis Weathers had a stable job and was married when he decided to buy a home in the Chicago suburb of Evanston in 1959 – but high interest rates and White real estate agents who seemed adamant about keeping him and other Black residents out of certain neighborhoods nearly discouraged him. Kamilah Moore, of the California …

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AFL coach Luke Beveridge said there are 'not many sporting codes in the world that have an illicit drugs policy'. Is he correct?
2 years, 6 months ago

AFL coach Luke Beveridge said there are 'not many sporting codes in the world that have an illicit drugs policy'. Is he correct?

ABC  

CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab which recaps the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation, drawing on the work of FactLab and its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check. Bailey Smith was awarded a "notifiable adverse finding", or strike, under the AFL's Illicit Drugs Policy. The AFL's illicit drugs policy has been in the spotlight …

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Fears of aged care industry exodus as unions slam cash payments for workers
2 years, 11 months ago

Fears of aged care industry exodus as unions slam cash payments for workers

ABC  

The federal government is being warned that one-off cash payments to aged care workers will not stem a flood of staff leaving the industry. Key points: Aged care workers across the country are set to receive two $400 payments Unions have called the payments "insulting" The Prime Minister will announce the payments in a speech at the National Press Club …

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Still Strong Bias for Cash Payment; Need to Reassess PSS Act: Report
3 years, 2 months ago

Still Strong Bias for Cash Payment; Need to Reassess PSS Act: Report

News 18  

The pandemic forced an inevitable shift to digital payments but Indians continue to have a strong bias for cash payments, a report said. Due to the emergence of disruptive technologies leading to technology led payment solutions, there is a need to reassess the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, a key enabler for promoting digital transactions, the report by Vidhi …

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EXPLAINED: What Is e-RUPI And How It Removes Need For Cash In Accessing Govt Services
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINED: What Is e-RUPI And How It Removes Need For Cash In Accessing Govt Services

News 18  

The role of intermediaries and middlemen is seen as a significant drawback in the delivery of government aid to people as it allows leakage and pilferage that end up depriving the ultimate beneficiaries. Developed by the National Payments Corporation of India in collaboration with the Department of Financial Services, the Union Health Ministry and the National Health Authority, e-RUPI “is …

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Arrested RJD MP transferred $11 mn to VVIP chopper case accused, says ED
3 years, 6 months ago

Arrested RJD MP transferred $11 mn to VVIP chopper case accused, says ED

Hindustan Times  

Amarendra Dhari Singh, the Rajya Sabha member arrested in an alleged fertiliser scam earlier this month, had transferred $11 million through two Panama-based companies to AgustaWestland scam middleman Rajiv Saxena in 2013, the Enforcement Directorate has told a Delhi court. ED has also referred to cash payments running into crores made by Singh to several people between September and November …

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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre And What Survivors And Descendants Are Owed
3 years, 7 months ago

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre And What Survivors And Descendants Are Owed

Huff Post  

The Greenwood district is a crime scene. Randle, known as “Mother Randle,” filed a complaint on Sept. 1, 2020, that “seeks to remedy the ongoing nuisance” caused by the massacre and “obtain benefits unjustly received by defendants.” It also names residents of the Greenwood community and members of the predominantly Black area of North Tulsa as “victims of this nuisance.” …

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