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The Slovakian public are going to have the legal right to use their cash, where and when they choose. Why do the British public deserve less? Please drop Rishi Sunak an email at rishi.sunak.mp@parliament.uk to ask him. Only he knows! euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-adds-right-to-cash-payments-in-constitution-over-digital-euro-fears/

The Polish government has changed its mind over trying to limit cash use. The UK government please copy! notesfrompoland.com/2023/06/19/poland-backtracks-on-plans-to-limit-cash-payments/

A music festival that won’t accept cash? Time for a few more protest songs? “Blowin’ My Custom” (with apologies to Bob Dylan!) would be a good start, followed by “We Shall Overspend Every Day” (this time with apologies to Pete Seeger!). When music festival goers start to think about how they are having their human rights infringed by not being allowed to use ....

Michael Gove, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister, has written to ALL Local Authorities to tell them that ALL their car parks must accept cash. It seems they are not listening, Michael? Time for another - and stronger - letter. www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23573559.cashless-parking-machines-causing-confusion-grandmother/

Why should retailers be cautious of jumping on the cashless economy bandwagon? The past decade has brought incredible innovation in the finance sector. With a revolution in digital payment technology, the emergence of SaaS businesses built on open APIs, and the move to the cloud - businesses now have greater visibility over finance than ever before, a wealth of transaction data, and the means to ....

‘Cash is printed freedom’ – 530,000 Austrians demanded right to cash payments be added to constitution, but they are being betrayed, says FPÖ After 530,000 Austrians signed a referendum petition calling for the right to cash payments to be enshrined in Austria’s constitution in 2022, Austria’s political class is refusing to move forward with adding this legal ri....

There is still a percentage of the population who want to use cash. A trial by Greene King to make some of its pubs card-only has sparked anger, with many Nottinghamshire Live readers insisting "cash is king. www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/views-cash-vs-card-nottingham-8458586

This move to “cashless” payment has caused a brisk discussion on social media with a number of people on the Banburyshire Info site saying the move is discriminatory to the elderly and others who do not use smart phones… www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/another-nail-in-the-coffin-of-banbury-town-centre-as-car-park-stops-taking-cash-and-card-payments-4153599

In Nottinghamshire, we have one pub’s customers carrying out a boycott of their favourite pun as they trial a ban on cash… www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/food-drink/nottinghamshire-pub-goers-unhappy-greene-8442878.amp

More on that Greene King “cashless” trial with outraged punters threatening a boycott… www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/read-this/punters-outraged-and-threaten-boycott-as-a-number-of-greene-king-pubs-begin-cashless-trial-4147762