Alternet Systems, Inc. (ALYI) Set to Benefit from Rise of Digital Payments
To misquote Mark Twain, reports of the death of cash have been greatly exaggerated. Make no mistake, the use of cash to make purchases has most certainly been on a steady decline in recent years. In a 2012 survey by Mastercard (NYSE: MA), nearly three-quarters of Americans said that they used cash less than they did a decade earlier. Reaffirming this point, a 2013 study indicated that a massive 80 percent of consumer spending in the U.S. was cashless. Despite this popularity, a total shift away from paper money is unlikely in the short-term, and, according to a report on…