Cash or credit? Homeless man who calls himself 'Honest Abe' now accepts card payments via a reader attached to his smartphone

Abe Hagenston, nicknamed 'Honest Abe', lives on the streets of Detroit

Said he and other rough sleepers have banded together 'like a union'

As part of drive to get extra cash Abe now accepts credit card payments

They are processed by Square card reader attached to his smartphone 

Hagenston says he needs the money for new prescription glasses 

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