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I have not seen a single gas station in California that does not accept credit or debit cards for 10 years, let alone in the Bay Area. If they do exist, it’s most certainly a tiny minority.

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Some of the ARCOs, Alliances, and other small labels are cash/debit only, and their prices are typically $0.20/gal less because of it. You're right, though, they're a tiny minority. All the majors (Chevron/Shell/Valero/76) take credit cards, and you won't have trouble finding one.

In China, even the beggars accept cards and cryptocurrency. In South-America, street vendors accept cards.

FinTech revolution is happening in China, not so much the US/SV.

I'd have to see this on YouTube by several independent sources. Sounds pretty wild, when living standards rise so high the definition of "poverty" becomes more and more absurd.

I haven't seen a beggar accept cryptocurrency (yet), but I've seen them accept mobile payments. Along with informal farm vendors (e.g., guy on the corner with a bag of oranges on his shoulder) accepting mobile payments.

WeChat and Alipay yes, but cards and cryptocurrency?

The AM/PMs I've seen in the peninsula take debit cards and cash only. There's one debit card station to serve all the pumps.

Re: SV is so backward.

My AM/PM here in San Diego, Calif, has debit card acceptance at each pump.

  The AM/PMs

I suspect those gas stations are actually Arco.

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