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Shows improved currency transfers in a cash-less economy, indicating better loan accessibility.
We consider a payment arrangement in which transfers and holdings of currency, but not of real resources, can be recorded and traced by monitoring technology. We show that this payment arrangement improves upon traditional cash payments, allowing transfers of currency among strangers, which can be interpreted as monetary loans.
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