Cashless being proposed to the world

         The world trend is likely to be cashless.  China and Canada, the countries that I am familiar with, are progressing in the mean time.  People is no longer relying on cash, but using the advanced technology to pay.  What are the best examples to demonstrate this phenomena and what is the difference among China and Canada?  What is the merits and disadvantages to this trend?  I would explain them in following paragraph.

      "Half of Canadians say they are ready to give up cash for digital payments. (Photo: Getty Images)" Retrieved from: (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/09/canada-cashless-society_n_16513944.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-business&ir=Canada+Business)

      Cashless is not meaning debit card or credit card only, but also the latest application like apple pay, google pay and stuff.  There is an app called Wechat in China, it indeed influence Chinese life in every single parts.  The most common example can be demonstrated is that people can purchase the bubble tea in-store instantly as long as the balance of your account is sufficient to be deducted.  Sometimes, there is a promotion if you pay by advanced technology.  On the other hands, I noticed most of my friends are likely to pay by Apple pay in Canada.  What is more interesting, I found apple pay is similar to the debit card or credit card's instant pay, tap the POS machine and finish the transaction.  From my own experience, China is being way more elevated in this field because you can do almost everything without cash in China, meanwhile most of the stores in Canada is not offering cashless payment like grab the coffee from Lucas Cafe.

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      Advanced technology brings us the connivence life which is utterly true.  Apparently, this is the most significant merits to the cashless system.  However, everything has the both sides.  Privacy can be recognized as the most serious disadvantage by using advanced technology.  The suspect can use your information to do everything that he or she desire.  Once you order things online or finish transaction by POS machine, you personal information is exposed, including card number, expire date, security code.  So safety is the thing we mostly concerned up to now.

     In conclusion, we should use the advanced with strong awareness.  Do not use it on the website that is showed not trusted or the POS machine that is unknown.  In order to get to the premium life, wisely using the advanced technology is important for everyone.