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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Turks look to mobile technology to change bazaar cash customs | Business | The Observer

Turks look to mobile technology to change bazaar cash customs

In Istanbul's grand bazaar you can smell the money changing hands as tourists go into battle over carpets and fake designer handbags. Cash is king here – haggling prowess sets the price, rather than the beep of a barcode scanner. But that could be about to change, as young Turks embrace technology that could consign banknotes and tense verbal exchanges to the dustbin of history.

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