Walmart’s Cryptocurrency Plan Aimed at Low-Income Customers
Walmart cryptocurrency patent filing mentions benefits to "low-income" households
Walmart filed a patent for a cryptocurrency, saying a Blockchain-based currency would help the retail giant’s low-income customers who don’t have access to credit cards. “Low-income households” may find regular banking expensive and see the currency as an “alternate way to handle wealth at an institution that can supply the majority of their day-to-day financial […]