[arista]

In Scotland
a Royal Bank of Scotland
Closed today they even took
their cash machine away.


One lady has to go 100 miles
for her branch in Aberdeen
by bus.


This was on the 3rd show
Live Debate
on Ch5HD Live yesterday.

The Change to Cash was
all News and Radio today.


[Cash usage grew for the first time
in a decade, rising to 19% of all
transactions (from 15% in 2021).
This reflects a choice by many
households to use cash to budget
more carefully during the onset of the
cost of living crisis,
as well as a natural return to cash usage
following the move to contactless
during Covid.]