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Re:Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 ... by dgfitz on Friday October 03, 2025 @08:08PM (#45469214)
It would be a "unique" situation. Most AMTs (not all, but most) only dispense $20 bills, the rarer ones will dispense $5s or $10s, and they're rare enough that I make a note of them. I have never encountered an ATM that gives a $50.

Your best bet of happening into a $50 is if you go to a bank for an in-person withdraw and they ask you for preferred denominations. Generally the money is dispensed in $20s even there unless specified.

Your second best bet would be if you're selling something "on the side" and the purchaser uses a $50 in a transaction, which I would say is also rare these days, most people use Venmo or equiv.

Your best bet of handling a $50 is probably as a bartender, or of course as a bank teller.

I have held $50s a few times in my life, and even my reaction is "huh, a $50, don't see those often"

Re:Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 ... by schoen on Friday October 03, 2025 @09:03PM (#45469550)
Huh, the Wells Fargo ATMs here in San Francisco actively offer me $50 bills on a regular basis! I wonder how much this various by bank, by region, or by ATM manufacturer.
Re:Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 ... by cft on Friday October 03, 2025 @10:05PM (#45469907)
In San Francisco, $50 is the new $20
Re:Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 ... by Symbiote on Saturday October 04, 2025 @02:37PM (#45475563)
Someone receiving cash from tourists (tourist city restaurant or attraction) would probably see $50 and $100 bills very often.

Nowadays that's less common from tourists from Europe, but tourists from Asia are still likely to bring cash.