News Archive 2024

As you can see, the “Big Question Poll” in The Times - “Should all shops have to accept cash?” - came up with a very conclusive answer. Do you want to please 68% of the electorate, Keir Starmer? Now you know how…. bring legislative measures before Parliament in 2025 to guarantee the British publics right to use cash, when and where they choose.

A good survey by the LINK Scheme, the UK ATM network. Cash is a VERY popular gift. This will only be surprising to those who have succumbed to the PR machines of Mastercard and Visa, who since 2010 have together waged their “War on Cash”. They have lost that “war”. The Payment Choice Alliance will shortly be writing to Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard and Ryan McInern....

Ron Delnevo, the Payment Choice Alliance Chair, had a great chat with Stuart George on BBC Radio Stoke about the importance of cash and Payment Choice. Like most people, Stuart agrees that choice is a very reasonable thing for the British public to expect - and deserve! Source: youtube.com/watch?v=XoHDyOkHV78

Once again the Payment Choice Alliance making the news, this time on FUBAR Radio with Gabriel Nussbaum , the Money Man. Gabriel had a long conversation with the PCA Chair Ron Delnevo about cash and why it is so important to so many in the UK today. Source: youtube.com/watch?v=CH9GfIRbLu4

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“The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has issued an unprecedented warning to the public to keep cash in their homes because of the increasing risk of cyberattacks, particularly from Russia.” Actually, this is not unprecedented. The Swedish government issued a similar warning to their own citizens in 2019. Since then, the threat has grown. Massively. Alistair Carns, ex UK Arm....

A great debate in The Times! Big “thank you” to Jessica Sharkey for organising it - and finding someone brave/foolish enough to argue that shops should NOT have to accept cash! Anyway, cash - and the public - WON! 71% of those Times readers responding had by last Friday voted “YES”, which is exactly the same percentage that responded “Yes” to the same questio....

Ron Delnevo discusses with the BBC’s Clare McDonnell why cash use is going up and why cash remains an important payment option for over 45 Million adults in the UK. Source: youtube.com/watch?v=6J5MoJCy2aM

This article urges communities to apply for a “Banking Hub”? Leaving aside that there is no specification approved by the Financial Conduct Authority as to what services a “Banking Hub” must provide - as highlighted by MP Harriett Baldwin at last weeks Treasury Committee Cash Acceptance Inquiry- why not use a simpler method? There are 1200 communities in the UK with popul....

PCA Chair Ron Delnevo was on the BBC again the other day, this time speaking to Phil Mercer on Radio Berkshire about how the county has lost so many cash access points, including ATMs and post offices. Windsor now has no bank branches, with the Nationwide Building Society - a Mutual - the only financial services branch footprint, in a town with over 30,000 residents and visited by millions of tou....

Research like this is really very silly. Until the invention of the “Charge Card” in 1950 - created because some American guy was embarrassed his wife had to pay for a meal - everybody paid by cash or cheque. Just 75 years ago, compared to the history of cash use, which goes back more than 2500 years. Everybody was paid in cash in those days. Employers weren’t trying to avoid ....