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Photo by Allef Vinicius<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>person getting 1 U.S. dollar banknote in wallet<\/p>\nSure. They absolutely can.<\/p>\n
According to the Federal Reserve, there is actually no federal law that requires a private business to accept cash<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite all the rumors you’ve heard, Texas doesn’t have any general law requiring it either.<\/p>\n That means a Lubbock business gets to decide how they’re paid.<\/p>\n Read More: Stolen Trailer Threatens Lubbock’s Free Fishing Program For Kids<\/a><\/p>\n But Do You Think They Should? That’s where stuff gets interesting.<\/p>\n People have big opinions on cash vs. cards.<\/p>\n Going cashless means making transactions way easier for businesses, but for people without bank accounts, or people who prefer to use cash, things are probably a little bit frustrating.<\/p>\n Personally, I love the convenience of being able to pay for everything with my phone. I always seem to forget my wallet at home, and tap-to-pay options have saved me a time or two. I also like to pay with cash sometimes, too, so I can see both sides of it.<\/p>\n What do you think, Lubbock? Shoot me a message at Chrissy.Covington@townsquaremedia.com and let me know how you feel about more local places going cashless.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 5 Reasons To Truly Appreciate Living in Lubbock, Texas<\/p>\n It’s not perfect, but it’s home, and I’ll love this place no matter what.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n No Wallet? No Worries! 4 Free Things to Do in Lubbock, TX<\/p>\n The best things in life are free! There’s plenty of fun in Lubbock that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. <\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You walk into a Lubbock store with a $20 bill, grab a few things, and head to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-477701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"person](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793066649_615_photo-1593182440959-9d5165b29b59.jpeg\")
Photo by Igal Ness<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>person holding fan of 100 us dollar bill<\/p>\n