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Unlike regular debit cards, the Eagle Cash is managed on-base, using batch processing which ensures that the cards remained useful even when connections to banks and credit unions State-side are severed.

This is really the whole point, but it's buried in the third paragraph. These cards work when the internet and all other communication with the outside world are down.

Replacing physical currency in that scenario is really difficult.



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