>>Cash....
I don't dispute your figures Zero, but I hope you are wrong, but suspect that you are correct.
(Even the Sally Army were using contactless devices to collect from debit / credit cards at the supermarket at Xmas and when I popped some change in the bucket, someone passing commented - how quaint!)
I work in banking, as you know, and can see how easy it is for an individual to be denied any banking services whatsoever, by action of just one bank - an incorrectly placed CIFAS marker can stop someone getting a new bank account, credit card, debit card, car insurance, home insurance etc. Without access to cash where would they be?
I like handing a tip to my waiter in restaurants, again cash. I don't add tips to devices.
Make it all electronic and it would be so easy for the state to act against individuals and to shut them out totally - as well as un-warranted intrusion - all your spending history would be potentially available to officials who "wanted to know".
Last edited by: zippy on Thu 11 Jan 24 at 16:21
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