Government going ‘cashless’ this year

BEGINNING this year, government agencies will use cards, not cash, in purchasing goods and services, a scheme that President Benigno Aquino 3rd said will curb the practice of conversion and spare state personnel from “temptation.”

“Our goal is to institutionalize reforms that make it very difficult for unscrupulous individuals to steal from the people—regardless of who sits in office. This is where the introduction of cashless transactions comes in,” the President said at the start of the good governance summit in Pasay City.