News Archive 2025

HM Treasury says they are monitoring what is happening in other countries in relation to cash acceptance. In reality, Payment Choice Alliance - founded in 2014, three years before UK Finance - has been gathering international precedents for years and informing HM Treasury accordingly. New Zealand has now been added to the long list of countries where it has been recognised that the public requir....

HM Treasury doesn’t seem to know the extent of the “cashless” problem in the UK? Luckily, the Payment Choice Alliance does. Take the Royal Shakespeare Company. Chaired by Shriti Vadera - who used to Chair Santander UK - the Royal Shakespeare Company accepted over £17.5 Million of the British publics money last year in the form of Government funded grants, via the Arts Co....

Ron Delnevo talks to Paulette Edwards on BBC Radio Sheffield about the wonderful new banknotes the Bank of England are planning! Source: youtube.com/watch?v=V8lyZpukpC0

No wonder the Bank of England are prepared to invest in the design of banknotes - why wouldn’t they keep such a popular and relevant product fresh and interesting? In 2015, the Bank reported that there were £60 billion of banknotes in circulation. In 2025, this amount has jumped to £86 billion. Thats an increase of 43%, despite the slow down during the pandemic. Of course, if....

This was the headline on Saturday 12 July on the UK Treasury Committee website: “Bank of England commits to monitoring cash acceptance on an ongoing basis.” The Bank of Englands commitment to the “monitoring” of cash acceptance consists of, from 2025, expanding its data collection with a SINGLE new question seeking to understand the impact on an individual of a business re....