cashless society
05 Sep 2022
You might soon have to pay to withdraw money with 70% of free cash machines set to close
Chronicle Live reports that somewhere in the region of 70 per cent of free-to-use cash machines could close completely or begin charging fees to allow users to access money, as...
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05 Jul 2021
Cash in Rural Areas
The Government has launched at consultation on 1st July 2021 on Access to Cash. It is the next step in legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the...
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25 Jan 2021
More than a third of shoppers blocked from paying with cash during COVID-19
The Guardian reports on new data revealing that more than a third of shoppers have been blocked from paying with cash since the start of the pandemic, prompting calls for...
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30 Nov 2020
New research maps access to cash across the UK
The BBC and the Municipal Journal have reported on how pandemic has sped up the country’s journey towards a cashless society In March, ATM withdrawals fell by 60 percent, with...
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15 Jun 2020
Rural consumers ready for transition to cashless society
Talking Retail and Retail Times have published research demonstrating that rural and older communities are as happy to make cashless payments as their younger and city-dwelling counterparts 55 percent of...
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08 Jun 2020
Cash payments fall 15 percent as half of all UK transactions done on card
Just 23 percent of all purchases made in the UK last year involved cash, according to a new report published by Yahoo Finance Cash payments have declined by 15 percent...
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28 Oct 2019
Which regions are most prepared to go cashless?
The latest Access to Cash Report conducted by banking services provider thinkmoney has mapped which of the UK’s regions are the most – and least – prepared to go cashless...
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07 Oct 2019
Public can apply to fund free ATM machines
ATM machine operator Link has established the Community Access to Cash Delivery Fund to tackle concerns that it is becoming harder to access cash, as reported by ITV The fund...
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19 Aug 2019
Royal Mint no longer printing 1p, 2p or £2 coins
The website MoneyExpert.com reports on the news that 2018-19 was the first year since 1972 that no new 1p coins entered circulation No new 2p coins were issued for the...
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13 May 2019
Cashlesss society leaving vulnerable people risk
A Treasury Select Committee report on consumers’ access to financial services, published on Monday 13, has been widely covered in the media. The report found that financial services providers had...
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