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Apple CEO says kids won't recognize cash

Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts that the kids of tomorrow will not recognize traditional money. Cook made the statement regarding electronic payments last week while speaking to students and faculty at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

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1. Tim Cook predicts end to traditional money 

During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that children of the future will not know what traditional cash is, Mirror Online reports.

Cook’s comments, which he made while speaking at Trinity College in Dublin, don’t come as much of a surprise, seeing that his Apply Pay contact-free system has caused quite a buzz after debuting in the UK on July 14.

“Your kids will not know what money is," Cook said, according to Mirror Online.

Read more about Cook’s ideas about the future of money.

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