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Review: Acceptance of Cash Payments

Committee/Panel: Economic and International Affairs Panel
Launch Date: 5 June 2024 Close Date: 4 February 2025
Submissions Deadline: 1 October 2024 Ministerial Response Date: 18 March 2025
Review Status: Report published

​The Panel has completed its Review and has published its findings and recommendations [S.R.1/2025].

About

The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel (the Panel) launched a review of acceptance of cash payments in Jersey, seeking to understand perceptions of cash payments and establish if further consideration is needed to whether the Government should have any role in the safeguarding use of cash, with a particular focus on:

  • Exploring acceptance of cash payments by businesses in Jersey;
  • Investigating views on the use and acceptance of cash in Jersey;
  • Ascertaining impact of ability to access cash; and
  • Identifying if there is a need for consideration of Government intervention to require acceptance of cash payments.

Terms of reference

  1. ​To investigate the use of cash and the acceptance of cash payments for products and services in Jersey;
  2. To engage with the Government of Jersey, Businesses and the Jersey Public to ascertain their views on the benefits and challenges of various payment methods;
  3.  Establish if there is a case for Government intervention regarding the use of cash in the island; and,
  4.  Any additional areas that the Panel deem to be relevant to the Review.