>That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments..
replyThat's not the case. There are individual laws in each country that govern this.
https://fullfact.org/online/UK-not-only-europe-country-legal...
I guess I was taking the recommendation as a regulation, my mistake.
replyEither way, there should be no reason grocery stores don't accept cash imo.
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/faqs/html/index...
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replyThey have to accept cash in the US as well. The post you're replying to is just saying that they can't ring anything up or accept any payment without power.
reply> They have to accept cash in the US as well.
replyOnly in a handful of cities and states. There is no federal law requiring businesses to accept cash for goods and services.
Ah okay, that wasn't clear to me, I imagined only being able to use electronic payment types.
replyBut in this case, an emergency, I would assume someone would still know how to take a manual payment receipt!