Newspapers often publish stories like these off the back of a single source. In this case, it’s “a report from the Royal Society of Arts commissioned by cash machine network Link”.
Not to say it’s not newsworthy or even inaccurate, but it’s worth noting that this is a report commissioned by one of tHe UK’s biggest ATM operators.
Second, there are costs to managing cash, especially when it’s a niche payment method. However, I’ve yet to see a place with human cashiers that doesn’t take cash. The big problem usually is vending machines / supermarket checkout machines whose cash readers have stopped working. Also the rise of “card only” machines, but again, these are placed alongside machines that take cash.
I do agree it’s frustrating though, if you’re faced with machines that won’t take cash.
Unfortunately, unless society starts using cash more (vs cards), this will just keep happening.
Not to say it’s not newsworthy or even inaccurate, but it’s worth noting that this is a report commissioned by one of tHe UK’s biggest ATM operators.
Second, there are costs to managing cash, especially when it’s a niche payment method. However, I’ve yet to see a place with human cashiers that doesn’t take cash. The big problem usually is vending machines / supermarket checkout machines whose cash readers have stopped working. Also the rise of “card only” machines, but again, these are placed alongside machines that take cash.
I do agree it’s frustrating though, if you’re faced with machines that won’t take cash.
Unfortunately, unless society starts using cash more (vs cards), this will just keep happening.