News Archive 2023

The anti-cash brigade try to paint the picture that cash is only for the old, badly financially off or technologically challenged. This is just one of the MYTHS that the opponents of cash spend £millions every year promoting. Of course, cash is really for EVERYONE who values CHOICE! Only 3% of British public strongly support the UK becoming “cashless”, which is oddly the same ....

Martin Quinn of the PCA speaks to Lord Bird about starting the Big Issue and the continuing importance of cash for its vendors...

Cash has been touring the country - or at least the country’s BBC Radio Stations in the last week or so! Ron Delnevo, the PCA Chair, has been on air on BBC Radio Wales and the local BBC Stations for Berkshire, Cumbria, Devon, Manchester, Merseyside, Norfolk, Shropshire, Somerset, Surrey, Tees and Worcester! Here’s just a sample of the coverage, in this case with Ron speaking to Chris....

Louise O'Hara, Campaign Director of the PCA speaks to Lord Bird about his early life and the importance cash played in turning his life around...

The Irish government stepped in when a big Irish High Street bank tried to make branches “cashless”. Just a simple “NO” from the government was enough to stop the bank in its tracks. When contractors running services on behalf of the Irish government announced they were going “cashless, what happened? Just a simple “NO” from the government was enough to....

Great news for cash. The British Retail Consortium, which represents the UK’s “Big Box” retailers, reports that in 2022, 19% of retail sales were made using cash, as against 15% the previous year. This means cash sales increased by more than a quarter, an unprecedented increase! On top of that, the Consortium also reported that their members would welcome the increase in cash ....

Lord Bird, founder of the Big Issue and a campaigner for the end of poverty in the UK speaks with Payment Choice Alliance Chair, Ron Delnevo, about the importance of cash when it comes to poverty prevention.

It is quite wrong to suggest there are currently too many ATMs in the UK. The 37,000 remaining free-to-use ATMs in the UK are actually providing the public with the same amount of cash as they were pre-pandemic. The Big Five UK banks, who call the tune at the LINK ATM Network, want to force a reduction in ATM numbers. They only operate around 10,000 ATMs at their remaining branches, branches wh....

The “Big 5” UK banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Nat West, Santander - started closing their branches and removing ATMs 20 years ago. 90% plus of the British public have accounts - are customers of - those Big Five banks. The decision of the bank Boards to leave High Streets meant it was inevitable , like it or not, that those customers were going to be forced to use online banking. It....

Zoe Partington has owned The Lord Nelson for 13 years but is now paying 30p for a £5 pint in each contactless transaction. Zoe explained: “It’s harder for independent traders whether it’s a convenient shop or hairdressers is struggling now.” Martin Quinn, Campaign Director of the PCA said: “Local pubs, in particular, are being hammered with very high card fees,....