appearing on notes and coins, is cash disappearing from our lives? here in the harbour town of looe in cornwall a county with rich links to the monarch, and where the ferry only takes cash they ve witnessed a sea change. well, i can tell you that, because i m a local window cleaner. so most people pay straight into the bank account, the company bank account. you see people pay with their phones, these days. i don t do that. usually, card or my phone, to be honest just tap. just got so used to it. everywhere you go, it s got card readers. even the toilet down there, they re preparing to put a little card readerfor 20p. surveys suggest most people still rely to some extent on cash, but with fewer banks around, its getting harder to find. with more than 6,000 branches across the uk having closed in the last nine years, hundreds of places like this have been left with none at all. and for those who want or need banking services and cash, one possible alternative
is cash disappearing from our lives? here in the harbour town of looe in cornwall, a county with rich links to the monarch and where the ferry only takes cash, they ve witnessed a sea change. well, i can tell you that because i m the local window cleaner. so most people pay straight into the bank account, the company bank account. you see people pay with their phones these days. i don t do that. usually card or my phone, to be honest. it s just. i ve just got so used to it. yeah, everywhere you go, it s got card readers. - even the toilet down there, . they re preparing to put a little card reader for 20p. surveys suggest most people still rely to some extent on cash, but with fewer banks around, it s getting harder to find. with more than 6,000 branches across the uk having closed in the last nine years, hundreds of places like this have been left with none at all. and for those who want or need banking services and cash, one possible alternative stands right here.
what i can tell you, though, is that cash centres up and down the country have got the new notes in, and so they should start to be seen nationwide as of today, but over the next few weeks, people will start to see them coming into their wallets. but while the king s now appearing on notes and coins, is cash disappearing from our lives? here in the harbour town of looe in cornwall a county with rich links to the monarch and where the ferry only takes cash they ve witnessed a sea change. well, i can tell you that, because i m a local window cleaner. so most people pay straight into the bank account, the company bank account. you see people pay with their phones, these days. i don t do that. usually, card or my phone, to be honest just tap. just got so used to it. everywhere you go, it s got card readers. even the toilet down there, they re preparing to put a little card readerfor 20p. surveys suggest most people still rely to some extent on cash, but with fewer banks around, it s
printed months ago, preparations are complete for these banknotes to enter circulation from today. and if it s your portrait on them. i wondered how it would come out. ..you ll be curious about how they look. these are the first issues. the rest will be introduced steadily. we are only printing enough to replace worn out notes and to be helping you demand. but cash centres up helping you demand. but cash centres up and down the country have new nodein up and down the country have new node in and so they should start to be seen nationwide as of today but only the next few weeks and then people will start seeing them come into their wallets. but while the king s now appearing on notes and coins, is cash disappearing from our lives? here in the harbour town of looe in cornwall, a county with rich links to the monarch and where the ferry only takes cash, they ve witnessed a sea change. well, i can tell you that because i m the local window cleaner. so most people pay straight into the bank
include the monarch. but those already in circulation featuring queen elizabeth whose portrait first appeared on banknotes in 1960 will still be accepted in the shops. and yet, do we still want to use cash? here s our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. cash may no longer be king, but finally, the king is on our cash. printed months ago, preparations are complete for these banknotes to enter circulation from today. and if it s your portrait on them. i wondered how it d come out. ..you ll be curious about how they look. these are the first issues. the rest will be introduced steadily, when demand rises or when damaged banknotes need replacing. but while the king s now appearing on notes and coins, is cash disappearing from our lives? here in the harbour town of looe in cornwall, a county with rich links to the monarch and where the ferry only takes cash, they ve witnessed a sea change. well, i can tell you that because i m a local window cleaner. so most people pay straight