News Archive 2024

"Many older people, those who live and work in rural areas, and thousands of small businesses rely and still feel comfortable using cash and that is why it is not going to be going anywhere soon.” Here we go again. This time it’s a former Conservative Peer Lord Kulveer Ranger trying to convince us that cash is only of marginal interest and that we are all on a journey towards an inev....

It is not just churches suffering; many venues lose out if there are no cash donations. We saw recently at the Roman Baths in Bath; the “cashless” Wishing Well lost 90% of the previous donations. People should STOP making the excuse “I don’t carry cash” for not making donations to good causes. Such people are simply being THOUGHTLESS and MEAN - and that’s thei....

Three interesting aspects to this article. Firstly, this quote “UK Finance says 22million adults are 'primarily cashless.'” Next week, the Payment Choice Alliance will be writing to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ask her to intervene to stop UK Finance from making such statements. “Primarily Cashless” is a contradiction in terms. A person is either “cashless&....

A busy week for Payment Choice Alliance Chair Ron Delnevo. Ron was on Ian Collins TalkTV show, talking about all things cash, including why the British public will not accept “cashless” being imposed on them. Ron was also on a Phone In on BBC Radio Scotland, on John Beattie’s “Mornings” Show. The vast majority of those who phoned in were strong supporters of cash as....

Revolut, when it surveyed its sophisticated digitally- skilled UK customers, found that 71% had deposited cash with a bank or other financial institution in the last year, as well as 34% wanted a feature to be able to deposit cash monthly. These figures are STAGGERING. Remember, this is in the UK, which, so the story goes, is almost ready to go “cashless”. Within 24 hours of Revolut ....