The end of cash?

[liquidindian]

Having no knowledge or awareness of how much you've received, how much you're spending, and what is going where, is no way to carry on your personal spending.

To me, that's cash.

 

[StoneRoad]

Some problems with the wonderful world of cashless transactions ...

HSBC, Nationwide and Virgin Money hit by payment issues

Several people have told the BBC they are still facing issues, with some saying they have little cash left.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Some problems with the wonderful world of cashless transactions ...

HSBC, Nationwide and Virgin Money hit by payment issues

Several people have told the BBC they are still facing issues, with some saying they have little cash left.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is to do with salary payments though which are usually sent by BACS or FPs. I think a lot of smaller companies do FPs though to keep the money in their account for an extra day.

Not sure paying people in cash is the way forward, there’d be a lot of armed robberies and I doubt many payroll systems have coin analysis reports anymore

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Some problems with the wonderful world of cashless transactions ...

HSBC, Nationwide and Virgin Money hit by payment issues

Several people have told the BBC they are still facing issues, with some saying they have little cash left.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's not really the same thing is it? I'm 43 and have never been paid in cash.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

It's not really the same thing is it? I'm 43 and have never been paid in cash.

kids these days, unaware how hard it was having to dash into the nearest pub to spend your pay packet so as not to get robbed on the way home.

 

[newme]

It's not really the same thing is it? I'm 43 and have never been paid in cash.

I have but never for legal work. Otherwise cash is a huge pain in the arse generally. Can't pay for fuck all with it except food and petrol. The standard plan for trying to launder found money. Keep the same lifestyle and pay cash for everyday things.

 

[gentlegreen]

Arse.
I actually need some cash this week.
I may have to visit my actual bank in town.



EDIT:-

So I made a detour on my cycle ride - I suddenly felt nervous about skimmers etc, but I was near a pub that traditionally tended to be frequented by off-duty fuzz ...
Unexpectedly for a Sunday it offered me up to £500

 

[PR1Berske]

This global computer crash is exactly why I still use cash!

 

[emanymton]

This global computer crash is exactly why I still use cash!

It's why it is worth still carrying a bit of cash, but using cash does no protect you form it. Maybe just gives you a bit of a buffer at best. Which is why I still have some cash, I never use.

 

[PR1Berske]

It's why it is worth still carrying a bit of cash, but using cash does no protect you form it. Maybe just gives you a bit of a buffer at best. Which is why I still have some cash, I never use.

To prove your point, to a degree, the cash machine at Booths opposite work runs on Windows so is currently not functioning at all

 

[Cid]

To prove your point, to a degree, the cash machine at Booths opposite work runs on Windows so is currently not functioning at all

Have you tried shopping there? I mean I assume their POS system also runs on something? Maybe they're capable of localised sales when disconnected though. Kind of intrigued, might pop to Tesco in a bit.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Have you tried shopping there? I mean I assume their POS system also runs on something? Maybe they're capable of localised sales when disconnected though. Kind of intrigued, might pop to Tesco in a bit.

Point of sale or piece of shit? Hard to tell!

 

[Cid]

Tesco was fine. Also I got magnums.

Probably shouldn't advertise magnums on this hottest of days; buy own brand - Magnum's are overrated, I'm just a tool.

 

[moochedit]

Have you tried shopping there? I mean I assume their POS system also runs on something? Maybe they're capable of localised sales when disconnected though. Kind of intrigued, might pop to Tesco in a bit.

Yeah sainsburys local near me normally can still take chip and pin (but not contactless) when their internets down (actually that's awnsered my own question on the other thread - phew i can still get a sarnie!)

 

[moochedit]

The co-op just sent me an email to say their card payments are down (i don't shop there much but i bought a fridge from them about 7 years ago and still on their spam list).

 

[hash tag]

Mrs tag has just called me to say bring cash she is having card problems.
Presumably down to the Microsoft outage.

 

[moochedit]

Mrs tag has just called me to say bring cash she is having card problems.
Presumably down to the Microsoft outage.

Sainsburys was working fine at lunchtime.

 

[moochedit]

Mrs tag has just called me to say bring cash she is having card problems.
Presumably down to the Microsoft outage.

It's "crowdstrike" anti virus that is the problem but yeah it's probably the cause.

 

[moochedit]

The co-op just sent me an email to say their card payments are down (i don't shop there much but i bought a fridge from them about 7 years ago and still on their spam list).

Co-op sent me another email to say they're fixed now.

 

[hash tag]

Co-op sent me another email to say they're fixed now.

Because of instructions received from Mrs tag I have just got cash out no problem from a nationwide ATM.

 

[lazythursday]

I went out in a bit of a panic this morning for a physio appointment in next town worried I would need cash and I don't even know my pin number but thankfully all was fine - shop, bus, coffee shop, physio, Tesco. And I have now discovered you can see your pin in the Monzo app anyway. But thankfully I haven't had to resort to exchanging flimsy bits of plastic with pictures of old sausage fingers on them.

 

[moochedit]

I went out in a bit of a panic this morning for a physio appointment in next town worried I would need cash and I don't even know my pin number but thankfully all was fine - shop, bus, coffee shop, physio, Tesco. And I have now discovered you can see your pin in the Monzo app anyway. But thankfully I haven't had to resort to exchanging flimsy bits of plastic with pictures of old sausage fingers on them.

The geeks know what the problem is now (crowdstrike) so it's just a matter of them fixing it. Friday is the worst day for this shit to happen though (unless you want overtime of course).

 

[UnderOpenSky]

The geeks know what the problem is now (crowdstrike) so it's just a matter of them fixing it. Friday is the worst day for this shit to happen though (unless you want overtime of course).

And it can't be automated. That's going to be a lot of overtime.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The tills in the shops were working fine earlier, thankfully. I do have about 40 quid in my wallet as a contingency though, just in case.

 

[hash tag]

I've just been in a clothing shop and paid by card. The person next to me paid cash, over £250

 

[LeytonCatLady]

I've just been in a clothing shop and paid by card. The person next to me paid cash, over £250

Good for them!

 

[hash tag]

Good for them!

Ps I did not spend anything like that

 

[moochedit]

I've been in 3 shops today now and used card to pay with no problems at any of them. I also withdrew £20 cash from an atm (that i owed someone) with no problem. My banking app has worked fine all day.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

The ATM at Piccadilly station was down this morning and so were the card readers in the work canteen. I had to buy my can of pop from Pret down the street. ATM was back to normal after work though.

 

[marty21]

It's not really the same thing is it? I'm 43 and have never been paid in cash.

I was last paid in cash on a weekend gig at a hardware shop , in 1983.