All posts tagged "cash"

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  UK government sets out approach to protect cash system

  The UK government has set out proposals to protect access to cash. One suggestion is that retailers could provide cashback without requiring customers to make a purchase. The ‘Access to

  • Posted October 22, 2020
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  UK lockdown squeezes out cash, but slows progress on payments reforms

  The economic regulator for the UK’s £75 trillion (US$93.3 trillion) payment systems industry has announced a “revised timetable” for its work priorities as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The Payment Systems

  • Posted April 2, 2020
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  UK Budget pledges funds for corona, infrastructure – and laws on cash access

  The UK government has allocated billions to coronavirus-related spending and infrastructure projects, in a bid to keep the economy moving as growth projections for 2020 fall to 1.1%. Giving his

  • Posted March 14, 2020
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  Subsidy scheme boosts cashless payments in Japan

  Government subsidies designed to encourage cashless payments in Japan are being taken up much more quickly than predicted, and last week the country was urged to extend the scheme. Under

  • Posted December 5, 2019
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  UK Treasury committee chair warns of threat to ‘access to cash’

  The chair of the UK’s Treasury Select Committee has called for the urgent delivery of measures to ensure that the move towards digital payments leaves nobody behind. Delivering a keynote

  • Posted July 4, 2019
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