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In March 2026, a Referendum on cash will be conducted in Switzerland. Since the majority of the Swiss public want to have the option to use cash - to retain Payment Choice - the most likely outcome is: “Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)” A UK Referendum would deliver exactly the same outcome. Which is why it is unlikely the Brit....

This is great news! £1 Billion from the Keir Starmer Government to fund cash payments to those in urgent need of financial support. Research around the planet has demonstrated that cash payments are the best way of providing help to those enduring a financial crisis. It’s easy to see why Emma Revie at The Trussell Trust Food Bank and Lynn Perry at Barnardo's are giving this imp....

With bank branches disappearing at the rate of two a day for the last ten years - and ATMs being ripped out even faster - retailers are becoming more important than ever in supplying cash to the British public. And no retailer is more important than Tesco. Tesco now have more branches than the total operated by the UK’s Big Five banks. And most of those Tesco’s branches have busy ATM....

The figures in this article in the Daily Mail/ This Is Money simply highlight the lack of clear information about cash in the UK. A couple of quotes: “Nationwide revealed cash withdrawals from its ATMs hit £4.2 billion in 2025” and “ ..this decline in cash machines means that the overall amount being withdrawn is actually falling. Fresh figures from the ATM network LIN....

The 200th Banking Hub has opened, just shy of FIVE YEARS after the first one started operating. In the same period, the UK has lost around 4000 bank branches. In the five years BEFORE that first ever Banking Hub opened in 2021, another 4000 bank branches had been permanently closed. How can 200 Banking Hubs replace around 8000 bank branches? Easy answer. THEY CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO DO SO. The ....