cash transactions
Bills and coins
Cash transactions are exchanges where payment is made with physical currency—bills and coins—rather than credit, checks, or electronic transfers.
The term often carries implications of immediacy and anonymity: The store offers a discount for cash transactions.
In legal and financial contexts, cash transactions above certain thresholds trigger reporting requirements to prevent money laundering.
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- microprintingMiniaturized printed characters
- unbankedWithout bank accounts
watermark · under the table · off the books · immediacy · serial number · point-of-sale · privacy protection · no questions asked · hologram · exact change · simplicity · corruption · hand to hand · denomination · monetary policy · inflation · paper trail · wallet
cash transactionsdigital payments
Transactions made electronically
electronic transfers · mobile payments · contactless payments · wire transfers · bank transfers
cash transactionsbuy now pay later
Installment option at checkout
installment payments · financing · loans · layaway · charge accounts