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Detroit requires businesses to accept cash or offer cash-to-card conversion kiosks

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June 14, 2023

Retailers in Detroit will be required to accept cash by Sept. 11 under a newly passed law requiring businesses that don't accept cash to offer devices such as kiosks that convert cash into cards, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

Businesses that provide kiosks to transfer cash into cards will be required to offer the service at no fee and require no more than a $5 deposit.

Businesses that fail to abide by the rule could face a fine of $500 plus 90 days in jail.

The law does not affect home-based businesses or transactions conducted by phone, mail or online.

Exceptions also include membership wholesale clubs and parking garages.