Smartcards are coming to the US

Tue Apr 30 19:44:47 PDT 1996

At 10:06 AM  -0400 4/30/96, Michael Froomkin wrote:

> Lack of entrenched competitors? E.g. credit cards?

Proof that cash is cheaper than credit? Certificates cheaper than
book-entries? ;-).

Cheers,
Bob

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