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Is cash dead in Australia?
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When I visited as a tourist, why do ATMs only disperse $50 bills upon withdrawing large sums (i.e. $500) when Australia clearly has a $100 bill? Why does it exist when barely anyone uses it for regular transactions?
Because it's not only you making a withdrawal, and banks have thousands of ATMs and over 40 years of data to work out what to stack their ATMs with
ATMs are stocked according to likelihood of withdrawl. More people pull out fiddies than hundreds of dollars
For some reason ATMs here only do $20s and $50s. You'd have to go into the bank or a supermarket to get $100 notes.
Places would prefer $20s anyway. So I get out an amount that means I'll get a couple like $180 so it's a good mix
In Canada, we have $100 bills, but most shops will not accept them due to counterfeit.
By that logic why should any cash be printed when barely anyone uses it for regular transactions
And also, I've had to wait for a teller just to divide into smaller notes for exact change, much quicker and more respectful, especially in businesses which aren't retail
Some do $100s.