Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Absent evidence of tax evasion and/or underrreporting income for a given business, it’s safe to assume a business may have good reason for doing cash-only retail transactions because of banking/card-processing issues if it is willing to risk losing business due to a cash-only policy/practice.
The US was way more of a cash society not too long ago precisely because a lot of businesses didn't think accepting cards was worth the hassle (since fewer customers were demanding it). Now, of course, more customers demand it, so many of the holdouts now take cards.
Of course, some of those charge extra if you use a card, but that's another issue.