Some businesses have considered not accepting cash over concerns of sanitation, safety and security. But a new proposal looks to buck that trend in unincorporated King County FOX13
Skyway shoppers like Jimenez say having cash as an option for payment is important.
"In my age range I always used cash, but I regularly used a card, but there are a lot of people who don’t qualify for credit cards or credit, so I like the cash option," said Jimenez. "They are more likely to exist in convenience stores, small retail establishments and in food deserts," said Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, King County District 4.
Kohl-Welles says it's unclear how many businesses are cashless in unincorporated King County, but says that federal estimates from theshow that for all of King County, 67,000 people could be un-banked and 380,000 could be under-banked in the county alone.
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