News Archive 2025

Wonderful to see charities like Disability Rights UK (DRUK) and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) - and the people they support - speaking out to demand the UK Government introduces legislation to compel businesses to accept cash. There are 16 million people in the UK with some form of disability, so this is definitely not a fringe issue. The British public - including the 16 m....

Sir John Hayes CBE, the MP for South Holland and The Deepings for over 25 years, strongly support's cash and Payment Choice. Sir John pays in cash whenever he can and enjoys visiting the shops in his constituency, rather than giving his business to Amazon. Sir John sees the interaction between residents and local businesses as essential to fostering and maintaining genuine community life. ....

Great coverage of important issues from the Guardian, this time with Rupert Jones producing a first-class analysis of the risk posed to financial and societal inclusion by the increasing domination of smart phones and apps. True Payment Choice means being able to use cash, cards and apps, when and where you choose. And that is what we - ALL OF US - are going to get in the UK, very soon. Source:....

Good to see the Treasury Committee out and about, seeing for themselves the importance of cash and Payment Choice. When did HM Treasury itself last bother to genuinely consult with the public and small traders in the streets and in the markets of the UK? NEVER. Some of the traders speaking to the Treasury Committee in Darlington reported that 90% of their sales continue to be in cash - but this....

What a great quote! “As long as the public still WANT banknotes, we will still provide them” Nick Mclaren, Head of the Future of Money Division, Bank of England That one word - WANT - signifies a great victory for the British public. For years, the future of cash was framed as a diminishing NEED, with the underlying message being that soon cash wouldn’t be NEEDED, given all th....

It was excellent that BBC TV Scotland covered the recent increase in cash use. The PCA Chair Ron Delnevo was very happy to discuss the statistics and stress once again that over 45 MILLION British adults WANT to continue to have the option to use cash. Cash is NOT a fringe issue! Source: youtube.com/watch?v=eakELfDx8DU

The owners of the lovely Dunham Barns tearooms in Cheshire have made an appeal to their customers to use cash to help them survive rising costs.   The Payment Choice Alliance hopes ALL their customers listen to - and act on - this heartfelt appeal.  Use cash - YOU know it makes sense! Source: cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/village-tearooms-makes-heartfelt-cash-309....

There is now no point in trying to stop banks closing their branches. The Which ? Campaign to save such branches has clearly failed. 8000 have been lost in the last decade. The last realistic opportunity to stop bank branch closures was ended at the December 2019 General Election, an election which saw the Labour Party pledge to stop banks closing their branches. They lost - so the banks accel....

Contact foodbanks? Did you ever in your life expect to see this advice for customers who have been let down by a banks IT failures? However, to reassure: “Our ATMs are unaffected by this technical issue so customers can withdraw cash to make payments." Only IF their customers cash is accepted by retailers and other businesses! Emma Reynolds, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, should be ....

Sweden - another country that knows that legislation is required to protect the status of cash, including universal cash acceptance. Well done to the Sveriges Riksbank for supporting legislation. Let’s see the Bank of England , Payment Systems Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority show a similar regard for the Public Interest as they develop the UK’s National Payments Vision. A....