cashless society
No physical currency
A cashless society is one where financial transactions occur entirely through digital means—credit cards, mobile payments, bank transfers—rather than physical currency.
The concept appears in discussions of economic policy, technological progress, and privacy concerns: Sweden is moving toward a cashless society.
Critics worry about excluding those without bank access and enabling surveillance of spending.
- digitalOf discrete data
- digital walletVirtual payment storage
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- mobileCapable of movement
wallet · mobile banking · cryptocurrency · plastic · card · swipe · tap · transaction · banking · fintech · Apple Pay · Venmo · QR code · credit card · paperless · blockchain · currency · electronic
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- Heisei Japanbubble burst, deflation, economic stagnation, Fukushima, Shinzo Abe
- techno-utopiaspost-scarcity, solarpunk, sustainable cities, arcologies, transhumanism
- Future trendsSDGs, net zero, carbon neutral, renewable energy, solar power
- Megatrendsclimate change, globalization, digitalization, AI, decarbonization
- tech trendsAI, digital transformation, 5G, VR, AR
cashless societybarter economy
Trade without money
barter system · subsistence economy · gift economy · agrarian economy
cash, cashes, cashed, cashing, cashier, cashiers, social, socially, societal