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 ....

Wonderful news for all those who care about having the option to use cash! The highly influential Treasury Committee, Chaired by Labour MP Meg Hillier, has announced an Inquiry into the Acceptance of Cash in the UK. There are many serious issues with cash acceptance already - and the number is growing, The Payment Choice Alliance will be making a submission covering ALL the issues. Source: comm....

Payment Choice Alliance Chair Ron Delnevo spoke to Danny Pike on BBB Radio Sussex last week. Sussex cash access has fallen significantly in recent years. This has led to situations such as encountered by one person who spoke to the BBC, where they had to search for 20 minutes to find cash. Ron spoke to Danny about why this has happened and what needs to be done in 2025 to put matters right. Cas....

This is meant to be a trial of cash transfers in the UK, where recipients are given cash and decide how they spend it to best help themselves and their families. But here is a quote from the article: “They [Greater Change] do not make direct transfers to avoid benefits being stopped due to a cash influx.” So it’s not really a cash transfer at all… The reality is that t....

There is some good news here from Australia - but this quote reveals the current limitations of what is being proposed on cash acceptance: “In a move designed to taper the phase-out of cash and ensure those who rely on it can still use it for the near future, the federal government will require certain businesses to take cash payments. But others, including many small businesses, will be ex....

The government released a document last week regarding the National Payments Vision. The most important paragraph? 3.3. And specifically - with PCA capitalisation: “…the government recognises that there is a proportion of the population who either cannot or do not WANT to use digital payments”. The PCA applauds Tulip Siddiq at HM Treasury for the vital inclusion of the word ....

An illuminating quote about South Africa. “A striking 94% of adults withdraw cash each month, according to the recent FinScope study. This is shown in daily transaction behaviour at retailers on the ground. Statista writes that about 73% of point-of-sale transactions in this country are still conducted in cash.” South Africans are NOT using cash because they HAVE to do so. They WANT....

More than 5000 people responded to this Yahoo survey and 95% said they believed shops should obliged to accept cash. This supports findings in recent surveys conducted on behalf of LINK Scheme Ltd and the Payment Choice Alliance. So Keir Starmer Rt Hon Rachel Reeves & Tulip Siddiq - please get on with getting a Payment Choice Act passed in 2025! Source: uk.news.yahoo.com/cash-shops-card-onl....

The answer the question in the article headline? NO! And now a quote from one these experts found by J.P. Morgan: “Still, I would be surprised if we didn’t have a cashless society in the next 50 years. If that becomes the case, then it’s crucial that we ensure that the necessary safeguards are in place.” So we might have a “cashless” society by 2074? Arou....

Seahouses is a great little town! A local guide has this description: “Seahouses is big, lively, has lots of pubs and cafes, restaurants, a National Trust shop - and lots of fish and chip emporia. It's also the place to go for boat trips to the Farne islands and has lovely sand dunes.” The last bank in town closed in July 2023, having operated since 1876. It was a Martins Bank ....

UK Veterans Minister Alistair Carns has made clear that keeping cash circulating in the UK is a matter of “National Security”. The governments of Norway and Sweden share this belief. It is obvious that “cashless”, contrived by Visa and Mastercard, working with their collaborator banks, is NOT in the Public Interest in ANY country. The Payment Choice Alliance believes tha....