Is a 'No Cash' society a threat?

vivatifosi

I hope that we go cashless in the future. Working in a business that does cash handling is a PITA. Banks are making it harder and harder to cash up... closing down windows, or worse branches, withdrawing the drop and go service at Barclays, making you phone in advance to order change for floats. We dont have any of that with card payments.

zagubov

In London, I know lots of people who, when they're in small shops, put their change on their Oyster (public transport) cards. Fewer coins in the pocket, and they're financing their travel as the transport networks only use cash at stations (so buses are cashless, speeding up passenger entry).

Are there similar systems in other urban areas of the Uk?

lisyloo

It weird and funny in London that in places like Brixton market some restaurants and cash only and others are no cash.

Marvel1

Happy birthday, here is your birthday card, so I can arrange a transfer for your birthday money ask Mammy or Daddy for their bank details.

The kids love the 2p machines at arcades, bye bye.

The fun part of the casino is being at the blackjack and roulette table, I don't trust the machine only - they are calibrated, another bye bye.

zagubov

lisyloo wrote: »

It weird and funny in London that in places like Brixton market some restaurants and cash only and others are no cash.

Even their local complementary currency has gone electronic I believe.

Missus_Hyde

We were in a pub the other day having lunch with a couple of friends.

When the bill came we were ready to pay with our cards, but for some unknown reason the card machine wouldn't connect to the internet, despite several futile attempts (including getting the manager involved, who knew no more about the machine than the waitress.) Eventually we managed to rustle up the cash between us and scraped up enough to pay the bill, but it would have been a bit more of a problem if the cash hadn't been acceptable as a means of payment (I suppose we would have ended up doing the washing up! :rotfl:)

P2P_Expert

Digital only systems ought to transfer power to the people. I have accounts with Chip, Monzo and other digital providers but do fear that on my death that money might just lie in dormant accounts with my dependents unable to access them.

always_sunny

The only time I use cash is when I get my hair cut.

spadoosh

Drug dealers dont take card, from this its pretty easy to deduce were not going to have a cashless society.

spadoosh

Missus_Hyde wrote: »

We were in a pub the other day having lunch with a couple of friends.

When the bill came we were ready to pay with our cards, but for some unknown reason the card machine wouldn't connect to the internet, despite several futile attempts (including getting the manager involved, who knew no more about the machine than the waitress.) Eventually we managed to rustle up the cash between us and scraped up enough to pay the bill, but it would have been a bit more of a problem if the cash hadn't been acceptable as a means of payment (I suppose we would have ended up doing the washing up! :rotfl:)

This happened to me recently in cafe, i payed them via paypal.