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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yes, online banking is the way of the future and certainly 99% of my transactions I manage online now.

The day of high street branches, at the level we see now, has got to be limited as more customers select online services and the banks try to say money (to pay fines!! ).  One day cash will become a thing of the past, so who will need a branch then, especially once the older, non-computer using people, die off.

Sorry Lizzie but that will never happen . .  . cash will always be king

It already is Al. I understand that you have to use an Oyster or other card on London transport now.  An NCP car park has already gone cash less down here. No doubt other examples are around, as the handling of cash is expensive, a security risk, and the banks do not want to handle it. In addition many people are now preferring to use a debit cards for everything, so like cheques, cash will slowly become redundant. The revolution has arrived!

.....and see this: http://www.thelocal.se/20141012/sweden-close-to-being-cashless-society-report

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/02/business/is-a-cashless-society-on-the-cards/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102260717

 

[aaronjb]

It's in the governments best interest for us to no longer hold cash .. that way it's easier for them to seize all our assets when everything finally goes pop and we become a totalitarian police state.

[Shackeng]

It's in the governments best interest for us to no longer hold cash .. that way it's easier for them to seize all our assets when everything finally goes pop and we become a totalitarian police state.

I'm glad somebody else has spotted that.

[Sir Tigger KC]

An NCP car park has already gone cash less down here.

That's because NCP car parks are so expensive that you can't carry enough cash for the ticket!   

[AndyRoid]

Everytime I go into Lloyds, I am confronted by a greeter asking me why I am there and did I know about their newfangled pay in machine which takes cash and cheques.

Even when you pay in cash the funds take 24 hours to land in your account, unlike paying over the counter which sees the account credited instantly.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

It's in the governments best interest for us to no longer hold cash .. that way it's easier for them to seize all our assets when everything finally goes pop and we become a totalitarian police state.

I'm glad somebody else has spotted that.

You mean having cash stops the government from seizing our assets?  No, I don't think so. If the government are brave enough to seize our assets (as with death duties) and gamble on getting our votes, then they will no matter what

[cleggy]

Cash is anonymous , cards leave a trail

I always use cash whenever possible.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Cash is anonymous , cards leave a trail

I always use cash whenever possible.

But CCTV is tracking you................

[powerslinky]

Cash is anonymous , cards leave a trail

I always use cash whenever possible.

Glad someone has remarked on that point

Cash will never disapear . . . the criminal fraternity would never allow it   

As for CCTV    useless in a majority of  cases

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It's in the governments best interest for us to no longer hold cash .. that way it's easier for them to seize all our assets when everything finally goes pop and we become a totalitarian police state.

What was that song by the Beatles?

Oh yes.....back in the USSR.

[chrisgixer]

Cash will go one day. We must do away with monetary values. Must be true Captain Kirk said.

[Taxi_Driver]

Cash is anonymous , cards leave a trail

I always use cash whenever possible.

But CCTV is tracking you................

Carnt see HMRC checking every CCTV going, to see when I pay cash for say, a new tv, that I didn't forget to declare the cash...that I used....not that I would not declare it of course 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Cash is anonymous , cards leave a trail

I always use cash whenever possible.

But CCTV is tracking you................

Carnt see HMRC checking every CCTV going, to see when I pay cash for say, a new tv, that I didn't forget to declare the cash...that I used....not that I would not declare it of course 

......and that is another reason why we will have a cashless society eventully