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...that also applies to currency. As John Frank, editor of the monthly magazine Card Technology, says, "People don't think of cash as being difficult." The world's leading cash-card company, Mondex International, controlled by MasterCard, has had so-so success in experiments in Canada. In the U.S., Visa tried launching a cash card in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics. It flopped, partly because users had to run all over town to find stores that could accept the cards. That's why more than 94% of all transactions are still done in cash or check...
...fair, HPPS has made several improvements: the hours of the stockroom were sufficiently student-friendly; we no longer have to trek to HPPS' old location at 1730 Cambridge St. to purchase any course materials; students can now pay for sourcebooks by MasterCard or Visa; and HPPS provides students copies at 5 cents a piece and easy and relatively inexpensive access to a fax machine...
...HPPS management also introduced MasterCard and Visa sales, in addition to the traditional cash, check and term-bill forms of payment...
Students who do not wish to sign up for the new Visa card will be able to retain a Coop membership card...
...employees of the Coop's credit department, Murphy said, the shift to Visa will mean redeployment or possible layoffs...