Will COVID-19 Kill Cash?

Cash has long been king, but an increasing number of people have ditched cash in favor of credit cards and other contactless, digital payment options. The drive toward a cashless society has been in progress for some time, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been used as a pretext to accelerate the process.

With infectious disease at the top of everyone's mind, bills and coins suddenly seemed especially filthy, even though they haven't been linked to disease transmission, while electronic payment was clean, convenient and fast.

But, in the DW documentary "Cash or Card — Will COVID-19 Kill Cash?"1 producer Kersten Schüssler asks some important questions...

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