News Archive 2023

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 ban....

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....