Going cashless will leave the poor even more marginalised

So what is happening in Sweden? In a terror non-attack, they are set to be a cashless society within a decade. India is going the same way but where does this leave the poor, stall owners, buskers and generous aunts and uncles, asks Clodagh Finn.

IT’S been four days now and I still haven’t spent any cash; money yes, but not cash. It’s part of a little personal experiment thanks to US President Donald Trump.

When he suggested at a rally in Florida last week to look at what was happening in Sweden, I did as he said. And sure enough, there it was: a terror non-attack in a society that could be completely cashless in less than a decade.