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Belad Al-karkhey

Cash can't crash: why physical money is here to stay

Cash will keep on keeping on as a fallback when online payment systems crash, experts say. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

It's said money talks, but the conversation about a cashless society has grown 'coinvoluted'.

From credit and debit cards, to digital wallets on mobile phones - the ways Australians now choose to pay has sparked questions about whether cash is becoming obsolete.

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