News Archive 2024

Here’s the reality of this announcement. Firstly, LINK has had a “super-ATM” cash deposit transaction available to be used by banks since 2016. It has never been used. So an 8 year delay. Procrastination is an art form in UK banking. Secondly, this article talks about Cash Access UK hoping to have 100 “super-ATMs” installed by the end of 2024. A whole hundred?! ....

This is Muirhouse in Edinburgh, next door to Drylaw and Pilton. Everyone locally has known for YEARS about the problems with cash access in this area & ZERO has been done about it in all that time. Our thanks to Hope Webb and Emma Clifford Bell of BBC Scotland for bringing this matter into the public domain. The truth is that many parts of Edinburgh are suffering in the same way. And what a....

Another day, another town where many small retailers are struggling with card fees and the imposition of “cashless”. Today, it’s Blackpool businesses revealing their problems with lack of cash. In an apparent effort to justify the reduction in cash access caused by the closure of bank branches and the removal of around 20,000 ATMs in the last few years, UK Finance published surv....

Callum Mason at iNews.id again highlighting that card transactions are destroying the profitability of many thousands of small businesses around the UK. Cash is what rescues such businesses, the businesses which are at the heart of so many British communities. “Cashless” would kill them off completely so will NOT be allowed to happen! Source: inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/saving....

Another town where the businesses prefer cash, to avoid being destroyed by high Visa and Mastercard charges. Anne Marie Morris is the local MP- and Anne supports cash and Payment Choice. Time the bosses back in London - Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt started listening.. 4 July is VERY close… Source: devonlive.com/news/devon-news/teignmouth-seaside-businesses-want-tourists-9310148.amp

China is a country seemingly dominated by mobile payments. With Alipay leading the way, mobile payments are said to have reached 86% penetration of the Chinese market. And yet.... Earlier this month, China's central bank - People's Bank of China - fined seven businesses, among them a local KFC franchise, for rejecting cash payments. The fines, which ranged from RMB 3,000 ($414) to RMB ....

Norway already had laws in place covering the rights of the Norwegian public to use cash. However, they were considered inadequate. So last week the Norwegian Parliament strengthened the Norwegian publics rights. From now on, basically cash MUST be accepted, along with other payment methods. Similar legal measures are already in place in other European markets, with Ireland being the closest cou....

British voters - around 57 MILLION of them - will now have their say on the 4th of July. All the political parties will need to prove that they are listening to the British public. Rishi Sunak has yet to prove he is listening to the 71% of the electorate who told YouGov last year that they want a law passed to give them the right to spend their cash, where and when they choose. A UK Payment Cho....

Treorchy was judged to have the “High Street of the Year” in 2020. Now all the banks have deserted the town, taking their ATMs with them. There is a shortage of cash, forcing the public and businesses to stop using their preferred payment method. The Payment Choice Alliance has one word to describe this situation. DISGRACEFUL. Source: walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/town-people-li....

Martin Quinn really believes in Payment Choice. In this article he speaks about why he decided to join the Payment Choice Alliance and why he believes a law is needed to give the British public the right to spend their cash, when and where they chose. Source: inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/fighting-law-businesses-cash-payments-3056556