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Following the recent article on the above topic, I would like to make the following comments:
Cash is a vital part of the payments system and should be maintained at all costs. Whilst card and phone App payments may be convenient, they are vulnerable to issues such as power outages or possibly cyber attacks - not to mention fraud ( cloning cards, hacking phones)
Many people still budget by using a set cash sum each week/ month and the loss of cash would hit charities particularly hard.
Finally, if businesses think cards save them problems with cash deposits costs, they need to remember that card providers charge now, and would likely charge more in the future if this were the only method of payment.
Yours
Martin Carolan