In Greece, plastic casts light into shadow economy
Increase in debit cards coming into circulation will ensure that more buying and selling of goods and services will go through the books
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Athens
GREECE'S banking crisis is having at least one positive outcome, and it's made of plastic.
In a country where cash is king and undeclared transactions still make up about a quarter of the economy, about one million debit cards have been issued by banks since the government closed lenders for three weeks and imposed controls on euro bills.
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