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Big Issue vendor Simon Mott, who is the first in the country to accept card payments, found members of the public are now less likely to carry cash:

鈥淚ncreasingly I found my customers weren't carrying cash, they鈥檇 like to buy the magazine and they鈥檇 say 鈥渟orry I haven鈥檛 got any cash on me鈥� or they鈥檇 be trying to give you 拢20 notes and you wouldn鈥檛 have change for them.鈥�

Mr Mott decided to try to solve the problem without telling the Big Issue and found Swedish technology firm iZettle which provide portable card readers:

鈥淚 did this on my own back without the Big Issue knowing at first,

鈥淚 have a card reader, a mobile chip and pin card reader, which connects via Bluetooth through a smart phone and lap[top] and allows you to take a secure card payment."

Mr Mott, who became homeless about three years ago, says people were "initially surprised鈥� but the reaction has been positive:

鈥淧eople are now more used to paying by card, so the technology have moved on and they are quite happy to pay by card when they can鈥�.

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