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ArishMell · 70-79, M
In the UK it's certainly becoming a lot more common by use rather than policy, presently greatly encouraged by this pandemic making people afraid to touch anything in shops, and by Internet purchases increasing anyway.
Indeed, my own bank statements since March are going to make strange reading, with my having bought no petrol or dining out, and making very few ATM withdrawals, since the lock-down started; but instead, making frequent <£20 card payments for food. Normally I buy food by cash plus occasional ~£50 card-payment "lumps" in Aldi or Lidl.
There are those who enthusiastically want a completely "cashless society", but they don't think about it properly. Such a system might be at least a wise health precaution in the current situation, and might work generally anyway in some countries, but it adds to the shops' costs, and would be undesirable and impractical in very many aspects of British society.
Indeed, my own bank statements since March are going to make strange reading, with my having bought no petrol or dining out, and making very few ATM withdrawals, since the lock-down started; but instead, making frequent <£20 card payments for food. Normally I buy food by cash plus occasional ~£50 card-payment "lumps" in Aldi or Lidl.
There are those who enthusiastically want a completely "cashless society", but they don't think about it properly. Such a system might be at least a wise health precaution in the current situation, and might work generally anyway in some countries, but it adds to the shops' costs, and would be undesirable and impractical in very many aspects of British society.