Cashless Society

Cash usage grow for first time in a decade

7th December 2023

Cash usage in the UK has grown for the first time in a decade as…

HSBC customers hit by mobile banking outage

24th November 2023

Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have been unable to access online and mobile…

Lloyds draws the blinds on more branches

26th September 2023

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed 35 new branch closures, drawing a line under the provision…

Half of UK payments made using debit cards in 2022 – UK Finance

15th September 2023

UK Finance’s Payments Markets Report shows that during 2022, 50% of all payments in the…

NatWest to shutter 143 branches in 2023

12th July 2023

NatWest Group is to bring the shutters down on a further 36  branches, bringing the…

Majority of countries see ATM recovery post-COVID

29th June 2023

The ATM market has grown in more than half of 180 countries analyzed in RBR’s…

Congress members introduce bills to protect cash

21st June 2023

Dive Brief: Last week, Congress members introduced legislation in the House and Senate to ban…

One in three banking customers still use physical channels for product purchase

1st June 2023

Kearney has published the latest findings of its annual European Retail Banking Radar, which includes a…

Cash: Don’t write it off just yet

27th April 2023

Despite all the hype around a cashless society – and paranoia from conspiracy theorists about…

HM Treasury advertises for CBDC lead

26th January 2023

The UK Treasury is advertising for a candidate to steer the Government’s approach to the…

ECB study: Cash most frequently used at POS – e-payments volume grows further

11th January 2023

Cash is still the most frequently used means of payment at POS, but its share…

Italy backtracks on pro-cash plans

21st December 2022

Italy’s government has scrapped plans to let merchants refuse digital payments of less than €60…