A Special Report on the Future of Money
The Last Days of Cash: How e-money technology is plugging us into the digital economy
The Last Days of Cash
How E-Money Technology is Plugging Us into the Digital Economy
The Beginning of the End of Cash
Cash’s role is waning, as mobile, encryption, and other technologies let us plug directly into the digital economy
Bitcoin: The Cryptoanarchists’ Answer to Cash
How Bitcoin brought privacy to electronic transactions
How a Bitcoin Transaction Works
See how payments get made and processed in an infographic of the peer-to-peer money system
There’s No Stopping the Rise of E-Money
The economic and psychological underpinnings of hard money are weakening while the flexibility of e-money increases.
The Biometric Wallet
Palm vein scanners could eventually replace your wallet with your hand
My Year Trying to Live Cash Free
Author David Wolman glimpses the all-digital economic future
Consumption 2.0
Ownership is being replaced by online tools to rent, share, and trade
Don’t Write Off Checks
Like the paperless office, a check-free society is still far off
The Long Life and Imminent Death of the Mag-Stripe Card
The end is near for this love child of the airline and banking industries
Quantum Cash and the End of Counterfeiting
Physicists say they can make money that can’t be copied—at least in theory
Phone-y Money
Why marketers are cramming digital wallets down our throats
No More Waiting on NFC
Start-ups are making mobile payments work without dedicated hardware
Video: Kickstarter's iAccessory Evolution
Businesses are twisting the crowdfunding site into a place that combines marketing, retail distribution, and pre-order sales for gadgets and accessories