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Re:Across the West powerful firms are becoming even more pow... by marcosdumay on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:05PM (#18473252)
> Stopping electronic transactions in a financial emergency.

That means causing some people to starve. Literally.

I can't imagine how it would improve some situation. At best, if transactions are stopped for a short enough time, you will not make it much worse.

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Re:Across the West powerful firms are becoming even more pow... by vbezhenar on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:47AM (#18476215)
Our country adopted cards recently, I have a card and using it almost everywhere, but I'm always carrying some cash, 200-500 bucks just in the case that card won't work for some reason. It happens. If Visa would be down, I wouldn't be disrupted and nobody would be disrupted around here. Why don't you carry some cash around, it's still a legitimate payment method and it doesn't take much space in your wallet.
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