The case for #CBDCs in one stat!
๐ฒin 2019 the US issued $136bn in prepaid debit cards
๐From which issuers collected $490 million in fees!
That's a transffer of half a billion dollars from the less well off to sharehholders
Stat taken from the latest issue of Cashless - the newsletter by @richardturrin
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