Why cashless retailers put low-income people at even more of a disadvantage
“Take Los Angeles, for example: In the LA area, more residents — 8.6 percent — are unbanked compared to the national average of 7 percent. That’s likely because the city is home to a large immigrant population. ‘They pay for utilities, medical services and their children’s education needs all through cash,’ Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, the assistant director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, told Southern California Public Radio in April.”