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One, three. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, February 5th.

Check your pockets for me, will you? Any cash in there?

If you're anything like me and, well, everybody I know, probably not. These days we're making

more and more of our payments with cards and smartphones, swiping or scanning to pay for

everything from a cup of coffee to a piece of furniture. But going cashless,

as the trend is known, is more than just a consumer choice. Increasingly, businesses of all kinds,

from airlines to fast food stores, have actually started banning cash altogether, which means

the company's processing those payments, think PayPal, stripe, and

Square, stand to make significant gains from handling transactions. With electronic payments predicted

to reach a trillion transactions worldwide within the next two years, it's no wonder that

competition among these cashless companies has kicked into high gear recently.

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