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The advance of technology in our lives has been somewhat in New York City. Lawmakers have a bill to ban cashless businesses. With many parts of the world in a seemingly relentless drive to cash with plastic or digital payments, New York City officials have cash still has a valuable part to in our lives. The officials have legislation that stores, restaurants and other retail outlets from refusing to cash. They want to provide the ability for people who to pay via traditional means, through notes and coins. This means businesses in the city will no longer able to insist that customers make use of cashless payments in any transactions.

Businesses that the new regulation could hefty fines of up to $1,500 for each offense. Critics of cashless businesses say they against the poorer sections of society, many of whom do not have bank accounts or credit cards. One city resident said: "I about the real-world discriminatory effect that cashless business can have on New Yorkers, especially in communities of color." Another said: "I it's incredibly discriminatory not to cash because some people can't credit." An opponent of the bill said it a sign of government interference: He said: "We are ourselves in the business of business in a way that we don't the right to."