It is possible to live without cash
Visa supports its to the Briton James Allan in its adventure to live an entire year without using money in cash
13 of November of 2008London
It imagines not to use money throughout a year in cash, not to take to currencies in the pocket nor tickets in the portfolio, and to use only his card Visa to live, to work or to enjoy.
In that reality it lives James Allan, Briton of 25 years and editor of contents for pages Web, that bet with its friendly and relatives to that he was able to live an entire year without using money in cash (currencies or tickets). payWave like payment means would only use its card Visa.
“My main motivation when undertaking this adventure was that I did not like much to take cash and that preferred the payment cards that seem safer to me than the currencies or tickets, that you can lose or that can rob to you with more facility. But also it wanted to verify if it were possible to live an effective life without then fodder that is time only question that all we live thus�, comments Allan.
During his adventure, James Allan is using a card Visa payWave, a new card that allows its holder to pay just by to approach it the reading terminal. Not even he requires to introduce a PIN for purchases by an amount inferior to 10 pounds (almost 12 €), which allows to pay much more fast, not to have to make so many tails nor to look for change in the pockets.
“When I began with this he was not safe if it would be possible to live without cash a year throughout, but is being much more easy than he imagined. Itself having problems in some stores small and buses but I have seen how the number of sites grew that accept cards, and some taxis or bars already even use the technology without Visa contact payWave. I suppose that in the future the number of establishments that accept these cards it will continue growing�, indicates Allan.
The bet has completely changed the form in which James spent his money. Now it plans his daily expenses and thus it is able to be more responsible with his finances. During one week James it plans many aspects of his life such as the places in that it will realize the purchase and by where will leave with its friendly to make sure that it will be able to pay easily with his card.
On his new financial ability James comments: “I have occurred to effective account of that taking above I have not realized many less purchases by impulse and I have become more preservative with the money. I do not know if I will be able to return to use again effective�.
During these months, James has gotten to have to walk up to 16 kilometers by London in half at night because he could not find any site where to recharge its card of transport (Oyster card), has had to leave countless stores with additional purchases to be able to arrive at the limit of 5 pounds (almost 6 €) imposed to pay with card. He has even gotten to in cash give to a friend 150 pounds (about 180 €) that found in the street.
After his stroll of 16 kilometers by London, James wrote a letter to the mayor of the city describing the problems that he had had, being soon with an answer in which he communicated to him that, as a result of their commentaries and of those of other citizens, 1,600 new terminals in all London were settling to be able to recharge the transport card.
Europe visa supports to James in its “year without cash� that will finish the next month of December, a profit that still is about to obtain. James thoroughly assures to have investigated and still he has not found to he has obtained whom it.
They have been emitted more than 100,000 cards Visa payWave in London that are accepted in more than 5,000 establishments, between which they are, for example, the restaurants of the McDonald's chain. In east Spain type of cards already is being tried by some financial organizations.
In order to follow precise the adventure of James you can visit his blog:
 losingface.wordpress.com 
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