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,....

Small businesses in the UK are having their profits squeezed by the Big Five High Street Banks and their card scheme collaborators. An estimate from the Payment Choice Alliance of when the British public and businesses will be ready to go “cashless”? Source: thelincolnite.co.uk/2023/11/card-is-king-but-lincoln-businesses-not-ready-to-give-up-cash-yet/

In this podcast, Martin Quinn, a Campaign Director for the PCA, talks to Money Marketing magazine about CBDC’s privacy implications and highlights accessibility challenges for digitally excluded groups. With a general election approaching, Martin suggests addressing inflation and the cost-of-living crisis should take precedence over prioritising a CBDC, emphasising the importance of support....

There is a HUGE continuing public demand for cash. However, the Big 5 High Street Banks are proving VERY successful in their efforts to impose “cashless” on the British public. Soon there are likely to be no towns with under 35,000 residents with either a bank or a bank ATM. This is an absolute disgrace - but it seems neither the current Government nor any UK Regulator has the gumpt....

The leader of a Scandinavian grassroots movement, Björn Eriksson, has warned that Britain should not follow Sweden towards becoming a cashless society. He urges Britain to keep the two systems side by side (digital and cash), a view the PCA wholeheartedly supports. If you're unable to use digital tools you will, in many ways, be excluded from society - our society will become extremely....

A starting point for rethinking UK cash access and acceptance is dispelling once and for all the notion that the recent HM Treasury Policy Statement on Cash Access was intended to preserve cash access. IT WAS NOT. It was a piece of puffery, designed to allow the High Street banks to continue their programmes of bank branch closures and ATM removals. The Treasury Policy Statement did not even me....

A quote from this article really tells the whole story: “....the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a ban on cashless businesses.” UNANIMOUS. So the “We are cashless” signs will soon be coming down. Those entrusted with running Los Angeles considered what “progress” REALLY means - and decided “cashless” in no way qualified for the label.....

Louise O'Hara of the Payment Choice Alliance speaks with PCA Ambassador Patrick Hutchinson about the continued importance of cash for young Brits.

Ann Clark, a Labour Party activist from Mole Valley in Surrey, talks to the PCA about all things cash.

Cash needs to be safeguarded, not just for people of the UK, but for the tourists on which the UK depends. This take on using cash as a tourist makes so much sense, but as the writer also states “the reasons why cash’s eradication might not be to society’s total benefit do not demand much head-scratching Source: telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/when-cities-go-cashless-its-to....

John Howells, CEO of LINK ATM Network, has been in his role for ten years. In this interview with Payment Choice Alliance Chair Ron Delnevo, John confirms that there must be an ATM on every UK High Street and that LINK will spend whatever it takes to ensure this happens.

Well done to the Royal Albion Hotel in lovely Broadstairs - they are again offering their customers Payment Choice! As the Payment Choice Alliance has been highlighting for some time, the tide is turning against “cashless” - and not just down on the South Coast. Most sensible and moral businesses, the ones who truly care about their customers, won’t wait for the UK Payments Cho....

Bob Lyddon is one of be UK’s leading consultants on international banking, with a special focus on payments and cash management. In a wide-ranging interview with the PCA , Bob explains his views on many issues and emphasises his strong support for cash and Payment Choice.

Martin Quinn, Campaign Director of the Payment Choice Alliance spoke with Anne Meacock, from the shopworkers' union USDAW on the challenges her members face from increased digitalisation of payments in shops, and the removal of cash as a payment method.

Reading Borough Council has introduced “contactless” payments on their buses, whilst continuing to accept cash. Excellent! That’s Payment Choice, which everyone in the UK should be entitled to enjoy. Similarly, Reading car parks continue to accept cash. Well done to this progressive AND caring Council! They are Top of the Class in terms of providing Payment Choice to all who l....

While nearly every major digital platform will now trade your digital identity for “tokens”, we must ensure that no such “trials” should be allowed in the UK. A Payment Choice Act will ensure that people’s freedom of choice on how to pay, and right to privacy, remains. unherd.com/2023/10/welcome-to-the-cashless-dystopia

Ria Cash, Labour Party Activist from Nottinghamshire, talks to Ron Delnevo about the continuing importance of cash to her and many others in her local community.

Mike Wordingham, Policy Manager for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, tells the PCA about the importance of cash to the estimated 2 million people with eyesight challenges in the UK.

Martin Quinn, a Campaign Director of the Payment Choice Alliance, reminds the British public that cash can be 100% trusted to work, even if the systems of banks like Barclays disintegrate. Martin recommends that EVERYONE should carry some cash, to protect themselves from inevitable bank "hi-tech" failures. Unlike banks, cash NEVER lets the public down. gbnews.com/money/barclays-online-banking-do....

Yvonne Fovargue - the MP for Makerfield - confirms that she supports the passing of a Payment Choice Act, to guarantee everyone in the UK has the right to use cash, when and where they choose.

Thomas Tudor, Chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council, gives his views on the crucial role cash plays in Haverfordwest and other communities in his county.

Natasha Wynarczyk, Consumer Editor of the Daily Mirror, speaks to the Payment Choice Alliance about how vital cash remains for the newspapers millions of readers and of her support for a Payment Choice Act.

Marjorie Bayliss MBE interview with the Payment Choice Alliance at the Conservative Party Conference 2023 Marjorie Bayliss MBE, Deputy Chair Membership and Finance South West Region of the Conservative Party, loves cash, uses it whenever possible and firmly supports Payment Choice. Marjorie says she will definitely go on using cash, even though she now faces a 22 mile round trip to her nearest ba....

Desmond Swayne interview with the Payment Choice Alliance at the Conservative Party Conference Sir Desmond Swayne - the MP New Forrest West - speaks to the Payment Choice Alliance about the importance of cash to his constituents and in society as a whole.

Nigel Farage is a man who knows what he wants - and told the Payment Choice Alliance that he wants everyone in the UK to be able to continue to use cash, when and where they choose!

Danny Kruger, the dynamic Devizes MP, tells the Payment Choice Alliance about his strong support for cash and Payment Choice.

This bakery wants customers to pay using cash. More and more businesses are telling their customers the same thing. Cards are VERY expensive, especially when adding to the high fees the “charge back”, where card schemes withhold payments to shops because of problems with the card holders. Charge backs are often reported to be at 3% or higher of sales. So cash IS cheaper for shops. ....

Such bizarre incidents undermine the publics confidence in cash AND banking. The Financial Conduct Authority needs to penalise banks which badly let their customers down in this way. bbc.co.uk/news/business-66883086.amp

The Payment Choice Alliance strongly prefers that the British public is given the option to choose how to pay - BUT, if for any reason there is going to be only one method available, it MUST be cash! Cash is the only payment option which is fully INCLUSIVE. It unites, rather than divides. Today, more than ever, the British public need to be united. So they need - and WANT - cash! gbnews.com/m....

Yes. Over 50 MILLION British adults continue to use cash. That’s over 90% of the adult population. This despite the fact that around 30% of free-to-use ATMs have been closed permanently in the last few years. It has become much less convenient for many Brits to get cash, with so many ATMs gone. And, when people get the cash they want, they often find that their cash is refused by dictator....

Great article by David Mitchell, in support of cash, privacy and Payment Choice. David suggests that since Rishi Sunak has said “NO” so far to a law giving the British public the right to use their cash, when and where they choose, King Charles should be consulted! The Payment Choice Alliance prefers to simply ask Rishi Sunak a simple question - WHY NOT? - again and again, until he f....

Very nice of The Times to devote an editorial to cash. However, the editorial team refer to a “significant minority” being interested in cash. It is NOT a significant minority. Over 90% of British adults continue to use cash occasionally or frequently. That’s NOT a minority of any description; it is the VAST MAJORITY. thetimes.co.uk/article/da08aa6e-532f-11ee-abb5-ce4135341f....

Our Chair, Ron Delenvo, was delighted to talk to Ian Collins at TalkTV about all things cash, including the need for a UK Payment Choice Act, giving the British public the right to use their cash, when and where they choose. How can Rishi Sunak resist the wishes of 40 MILLION voters? A question many in the The Conservative Party will be asking him at their annual conference in Manchester (1-4 Oc....

The first sentence of this The Independent article is: “Like any self-respecting 20-something I don’t use cash.” Of course, it is very odd to think that “self-respect” can be gained by going “cashless” - but, in any case, the statement is completely wrong in terms of no “20-somethings” using cash. Many young people DO use cash. The YouGov s....

This article confirms that retailers understand the importance of cash - and Payment Choice. And every retailer also understands they would see even higher fees - and chargebacks - imposed by Visa and MasterCard in the absence of cash as a competitor. So cash is great for the public - and retailers! asiantrader.biz/exclusive-look-into-status-of-cash-in-c-stores

Here is a quote from this article: “In 2022 Banque de France reminded two of France’s biggest retailers that they were obliged to accept cash..” Meantime, Rishi Sunak says: “Forcing all shops to accept cash wouldn’t be appropriate.” It seems the wishes of British public - remember, 40 million British voters want a Payment Choice Act - are at grave risk of be....

Payment Choice and people being able to spend and access their cash is a topic close to our Payment Choice Alliance Ambassador Patrick Hutchinson’s heart. As Patrick says in this heartfelt video, whether you are a regular cash user or not, it is important to know and understand the grave implications of losing it as a payment choice. Please take action and write to your MP about this. We ev....

The German public won’t be either seduced or hounded into giving up their cash. And the Deutsche Bundesbank stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the public. Meantime, in the UK? When did the Bank of England produce reports like the Deutsche Bundesbank about every aspect of cash? NEVER. The Bank of England instead says that it’s “not our job to promote cash”, the ONLY UK ow....

A quote from a “government spokesman” in this article. “We are making it easier for businesses to continue accepting cash – by ensuring the vast majority will be within three miles of cash facilities – but also making it increasingly difficult for businesses to hide their income, using improved targeting with new data sources and increased activity. RUBBISH from sta....

As this article proves, it is still possible to go cash-only; BUT it is becoming much harder, which is completely unacceptable to those who believe in Payment Choice. 40 million UK adults want a law that gives them the right to spend their cash, when and where they choose. Rishi Sunak still has time to give the 40 million voters what they want, before they start getting very annoyed with him. W....

One 24/7 ATM is all that Henley-on-Thames is left with, after the Big 5 High Street (?) Banks paddled off down the river. Yes, literally , the residents of Henley have been sold down the river. Pathetic, most people might say. Yes. But not as pathetic as the fact that the HM Treasury “Policy Statement” on cash access would NOT even require Henley to have one ATM! This frankly idio....

This story paints an entirely accurate story about the importance of an excellent post office to the local community. This would be true of thousands of communities around the UK, where post offices have a crucial role to play in the lives of many local residents. In addition, however, this article completely exposes the reality of the HM Treasury position on cash access. The HM Treasury is loo....

Nadine Dorries has written to PM Rishi Sunak, telling him that he is out of touch with the British public and that "history will not judge you kindly". The Payment Choice Alliance can advise Rishi Sunak that a sure way of showing that he is IN TOUCH with the British public is by giving them the Payment Choice Act they demand. In June 2023, 71% of British adults - that’s around 40 million p....

Our Campaign Director Martin Quinn appeared on GBNews again last Saturday, urging consumers to boycott businesses and institutions that refuse to accept cash. ‘The best thing to do is boycott.’

After GB News presenters delivered our Don’t Kill Cash petition to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Thursday, Martin Quinn from the Payment Choice Alliance says consumers should boy....

A great quote in this article! John adds: “It’s businesses refusing to accept cash that is driving us to a cashless society.” EXACTLY. “Bank Hubs” - anyway as rare as winning a National Lottery Jackpot - are a PR smokescreen. CASH ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY TO AVOIDING A CASHLESS BRITAIN. The British public want a Payment Choice Act NOW in 2023! telegraph.co.uk/busin....

Great article by Lucy Alderson, highlighting the difficulties faced in using cash today, as some businesses try to impose “cashless” on the British public. YouGov told us that only 3% of adults NEVER use cash - but there is a growing problem with non-acceptance. That’s why the Payment Choice Alliance agrees with the 71% of adults who want a law to make accepting cash mandatory.....

The Times and other media outlets didn’t quite fathom the depth of this well-constructed story from HM Treasury. They are not to blame. The tale spun is opaque, to say the least. Banks have NOT been told to “offer free cash machine” within one mile in urban areas and three miles in rural areas. In fact, the words cash machine or ATM are nowhere to be found in the HM Treasury &....

Martin Quinn, a Campaign Director of the Payment Choice Alliance, reveals to the Sunday Times the success of the Alliance in ensuring thousands of British pub continue to accept cash. This work will now spread to other sectors of the UK’s catering, retail and leisure industries. The Payment Choice Alliance predicts that “cashless” with be like the dinosaurs by 2025 - EXTINCT! ....

A Belfast café is giving customers a free coffee if they pay using cash; the Welsh town of Llandeilo is promoting Payment Choice; many businesses are now holding “cash only” days, asking customers to pay only using cash on particular days. In short, there are signs around the UK that there is a backlash from businesses against the imposition of “cashless“. Neither ....

The fact that a majority of British adults prefer to tip using cash rubbishes the stories that the anti-cash collaborators spread, claiming hardly anyone carries cash anymore! If the majority tip using cash, how on Earth can they not be carrying any?! The truth is that the majority of Brits would normally have £20 or more in cash. That’s why they have the money to leave a cash tip! ....

Mansfield Town are one of a number of football clubs which have forgotten their duties to their supporters. Football clubs were created to be at the heart of their local communities. They were meant to be fully-inclusive, welcoming all to join in the fun and excitement. “Cashless” is NOT in inclusive. It does NOT meet the needs of everyone in any community. A UK Payment Choice Act w....

This is a great idea from ice cream company boss Zara Taylor! Zara is asking her customers to help her business by paying in cash. It is costing Zara a small fortune to meet the fees imposed by card schemes. And Zara will know that, in the horrific situation of the UK ever going “cashless”, her already exorbitant card costs would go through the roof! Time for common sense - and SAN....

The Payment Choice Alliance has been telling the Prime Minister since early this year that the “cashless” future being dreamed-up by Chief Economic Secretary to The Treasury Andrew Griffith is NOT the future the British public want OR will vote for. As this latest poll shows, the Treasury stance on cash could well lead to a rebuilding of the Red Wall. Rishi Sunak needs to listen to t....

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The revelation that banks order business customers to go “cashless”, with the threat that their accounts will be closed if they continue to accept cash should surprise no one. The majority of UK banks have been implementing a PLAN for 15 years plus, a PLAN to force the UK public to towards “cashless”. This PLAN was inevitable when the same banks decided to strip their bra....

It sounds good - the public is being “consulted”. However, too often such “consultations” are superficial exercises, with the outcome already decided by the “Authorities”. Statistics show that over 50 million UK adults continue to use cash. That’s more than 90% of adults. The Isle of Man “Authorities” should be planning ahead on that basis, ....

For some crazy reason Wendy’s thought it was a “good idea” to go “cashless” when opening their new restaurant in Colchester. Their customers HATE it! Wendy’s say they are “monitoring the situation”. No need! Start accepting cash NOW!

Among the many reasons why “cashless” parking is a negative move, is the fact that bogus stickers on car park payment machines are fooling customers into sending fraudsters their bank account details! We simply HAVE to maintain the public’s choice to use their cash to pay safely and securely, and how they want to! thetimes.co.uk/article/0755db9a-2874-11ee-b1db-1689eb0f258e?share....

Gloucestershire council should NEVER had made their car parks “cashless” in the first place. A Gloucestershire politician says: “It’s not a decision ever taken lightly when we move to “cashless” parking but it is …a reflection of the modern world that we are having to move that way.” Not taken lightly? The truth is the council gave not ONE SECOND....

Great article by Jake Wallis Simons in the The Spectator covering many of the reasons we MUST keep cash and Payment Choice! Simple things like Personal Freedom, Privacy, Financial Inclusion and Genuine Democracy. For everything else? Bits of plastic….

spectator.co.uk/article/the-coutts-scandal-shows-the-trouble-with-going-cashless/

This article just underlines that if any business is only going to accept one payment type, it has got to be cash. A Post Office survey last year showed that over 50% of small businesses only accept cash, so the Kent pub owner is following a good example! And paying staff in cash is a great idea too! Everyone was paid in cash in the 1950s - it was sensible then and it is NOW! One big advantage....

40% of all donations to the British Legion are made in cash, despite the fact that they accept “contactless”. Is “cashless” now the misers’ excuse? One thing is certain; it is cash users who will go on funding the British Legion, buskers and the poor who so often now are seemingly forced to live on British streets. Cash users NEVER make excuses - they are spontaneo....

It is beyond belief that some councils continue to conspire to create “cashless” car parks. They have been instructed NOT to go “cashless” by Levelling Up Minister Michael Gove! Rate payers will be FURIOUS when they find they will be footing the bill for converting car parks BACK to accepting cash! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66195665.amp

Good to see the Note Machine CEO on GBNews, basically informing the government that the Financial Services and Markets Bill falls a long way short of protecting cash access. Much more is needed, including sensible payments to ATM operators for providing bank customers with cash AND a Payment Choice Act, giving the British public the right to use their cash, when and where they choose! gbnews.com....

Crawley Council is doing the right thing by installing cash desks in their premises. Many ratepayers continue to want to use cash and they MUST be allowed to do so. EVERY Council please copy! sussexexpress.co.uk/news/new-cash-desks-at-crawley-town-hall-4211299
Charlie Mullins blasts cashless Britain as a 'crazy idea' as he outlines key problems

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The UK is fortunate to continue to have 11,500 post offices, providing all their original core services PLUS giving the British public and business access to cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Of course, post office counters alone cannot provide all the cash 50 million British adults want, but without those busy post office counters a growing number of communities would have no access to cas....

It’s good to see Shadow Minister Lucy Powell speaking out in support of cash and Payment Choice, in connection with the GB News campaign in support of the British £. The Labour Party hasn’t been vocal enough on this issue. Hopefully, this intervention marks the start of massive input from Labour on all things cash. View Article >

The Royal Assent of the Financial Services and Markets Bill gives HM Treasury tremendous power to decide the fate of cash. What we know so far about the Treasury plans is NOT reassuring. For example, one ATM in a community of 30,000 people is set to be declared “reasonable” by the Treasury. It is NOT. And the Payment Choice Alliance will be making that VERY clear to Chancellor Hunt....

The UK Prime Minister is out of step with most other leaders of the planets Democracies. Rishi Sunak seemingly does not believe the British public should have the right to spend their cash - their £’s - when and where they choose. 71% of the British public disagree with Mr Sunak. Not a good preparation for a General Election in 2024... Read more here >

On Monday 26th June, Starbucks coffee shops were suddenly unable to accept credit or debit cards, or other contactless forms of payment, the Seattle-based company said in an emailed statement late in the day.

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Many cities and States in the United States already have their own Payment Choice laws. Now Washington is looking to introduce a Federal Law that will mean all Americans have the right to spends their $’s, when and where they choose. Meantime, the “Special Relationship” between the US and UK doesn’t appear to extend to a shared concern for the fundamental rights of citize....

Rishi Sunak knows that over 70% of the British public want a Payment Choice law introduced to give them the legal right to use their cash, when and where they choose. Yet when asked by one of his own Conservative MP’s - Anne Marie Morris, who holds the Newton Abbot seat in South West England - whether he would introduce a Payment Choice Act, the current Prime Minister said “NO”.....

In addition to the fact that only 3% of the British public NEVER use cash – so over 50 Million British adults continue to use cash- the PCA YouGov survey found that there are huge majorities AGAINST a so-called “cashless” society and FOR a UK Payment Choice Act. A UK Payment Choice Act would give the UK public the same legal rights to use their cash - when and where they choose ....

The Detroit government has passed a law banning “cashless” shops. In taking this stand against the awful “cashless”, Detroit has joined many large US cities and a number is States in making clear there is no place for “cashless” in any fully-inclusive genuine democracy. And that includes the UK. www.paymentsjournal.com/detroit-approves-ban-on-cashless-busines....

It is fair to say many of the Australian public are completely fed-up that their country is seemingly being pushed towards being an awful “cashless” society. Boycotts of “cashless” shops are being implemented. Could this trend Down Under spread to the UK? Why not? “Cashless” retailers best beware in case their shops also become “Customerless”! C....

The Payment Choice Alliance’s Chair, Ron Delnevo, a world expert on payments and a former boss of independent ATM operator Bank Machine. He now chairs the Payment Choice Alliance, states the case for a Payment Choice Act in this insightful article in Talking Retail. Cash continues to account for over 50% of sales in many community retailers. So those running such shops know how important ca....

[PRESS RELEASE] Research carried out last week by YouGov on behalf of the Payment Choice Alliance underlines yet again the incredible loyalty the British public in relation to cash. In addition to the fact that only 3% of the British public NEVER use cash – so over 50 Million British adults DO continue to use cash- the research highlighted that there are huge majorities AGAINST a so-called....

No need to look further for the Payment Choice Alliance quote of the week. “As we are forced into a cashless society without being asked if that is what our communities want, it is time to use cash more than ever.” James Anderson, Independent Councillor, East Berwickshire." 100% CORRECT.
USE IT - OR LOSE IT! www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/people/four-banks-closure-is-a-dri....

Conservative MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke has written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt asking for the public’s right to use cash to be legally safeguarded. Jeremy has already had a similar letter from the Payment Choice Alliance. Time for the UK government to sponsor a Payment Choice Act, before the HM Treasury postman gets a bad back! www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/amp/pensioners-plight-sparks....

One of our Directors, Andy Beverley, has an article featured in this quarter’s Sebra News, where he addresses some of the problems with the drive towards “cashless” payments. We support the Cash Welcome initiative and are pleased that Andy is working with other organisations and movements that support cash and cash acceptance. Click here to read the article

This is a powerful, well-reasoned article from Adam Williams, as he bids farewell to the Daily Telegraph. Fortunately, the Payment Choice Alliance is NOT waiting for “cashless” to happen. The Alliance is straining every sinew to STOP “cashless” in its tracks AND then reverse it. The Payment Choice Alliance will not be satisfied until the very notion of “cashless&rd....

”A TOTAL DISGRACE : Hundreds of Leisure Centres Around the UK have gone “cashless””! Around Britain, companies operating Leisure Centres OWNED by Local Authorities have been allowed to impose “cashless”. This is ruining the fitness and health of those who are not being allowed to use their cash to pay for entry into Leisure Centres. Such members of the public ....

The Payment Choice Alliance has been campaigning to ensure ALL pubs allow their customers to spend their cash when visiting their favourite club. We have concentrated initially on the Top Ten pub groups in the country - who between them are responsible for around 70% of the UK’s hostelries - asking them to confirm that every pub they own allows customers Payment Choice. We have only been i....

“UK's cashless transition under the microscope as Payments Choice Alliance pushes back”.
Ron Delnevo, chair of the Payments Choice Alliance, explained the aims of our initiative to Finextra.

www.finextra.com/newsarticle/42303/uks-cashless-transition-under-the-microscope-as-payments-choice-alliance-pushes-back

J D Wetherspoon are certainly talk of the “Cash Town”- they are committed to accepting cash at ALL their 800 plus pubs! Samuel Smiths are another pub group - and brewery - which has shown huge support for cash payments. ALL pubs should be socially AND financially inclusive - and inclusivity requires the acceptance of cash! Payment Choice Alliance has written to the remaining eight of....

The PCA’s Martin Quinn asks the public about being able to pay using cash.

The answers may surprise you…

Martin Lewis rightly warns of the dangers of the UK becoming a “cashless” society

The Payment Choice Alliance would like to thank BBC Radio Sussex and in particular Allison Ferns for giving proper coverage of all the issues impacting cash yesterday. The excellent report can be found between minutes 106 and 120 of Alison’s programme on 19 April. The Payment Choice Alliance invites all local BBC radio stations to contact us. We have the inside track on bank branch & ....

A recent YouGov survey has revealed 3 out of 4 UK adults - that’s 40 million people - want a law passed that compels businesses to accept cash for payments. So why is the government not listening? 51% of the UK Public wanted Brexit and got their way. How can 73% be ignored? It’s high time that the government realised that these 40 million people, whose clearly stated wishes they ar....

Esme Daley, the latest person to join the Payment Choice Alliance Campaign Committee, explains why cash and Payment Choice are so important to her.

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The Petitions Committee has had a debate on a petition relating to the acceptance of cash. Martyn Day MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, opened the debate and a Government Minister responded. Watch the debate here: [link]

The event was attended by several thousand financial services professionals and many regard it as the UK’s most important industry event. Ron Delnevo was joined on stage by James Daley, the founder of Fairer Finance. How did it go? Here’s Ron's view on the event:
“It was particularly heartening to see the audience really engage on the subject of cash. Many carried ca....

20 March 2023 is a BIG day for Payment Choice in the UK. Because that's the day when the House of Commons will have see the first ever parliamentary debate on whether UK businesses should be obligated to accept cash payments. Leading the debate with be Martyn Day, a prominent SNP MP and former banker. Martyn, who represents the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in Central Scotland, i....

The annual meeting place for the payments industry,PAY360 will bring together 2000 of the most senior representatives from banks, merchants, government, investors, fintechs, FIs, card providers, consultants and solutions providers. It is one of the most important gatherings of financial services professionals in 2023. Ron Delnevo, Chair of the Payment Choice Alliance, will be speaking at this ma....