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Do cashless restaurants discriminate against the poor? D.C. lawmakers think so. - The Washington Post

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"The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund works with Bank on DC and other groups to provide low-cost checkings accounts. ‘If someone is buying a salad or something, and it’s $6, and they need to swipe instead of using cash, the real underlying issue is they don’t have a bank account with debit-card functionality,’ said David Rothstein a principal with the fund. ‘That’s where the real problem is. It’s less about the use of cash, and it’s more about financial inclusion.’"

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