Thousands of holidaymakers are still empty-handed after spending months battling travel firms for sizeable refunds. Airlines are under investigation for sitting on more than £7 billion owed to passengers for cancelled trips, while travel agents have been accused of flouting the law. But readers have told Money Mail they might have found a way to … Read more
Savers abandon cash Isas as interest rates plunge and pour money into easy-access accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 Savers are fleeing cash Isas and pouring money into easy-access accounts instead. Around £1 billion was withdrawn from cash Isas between … Read more
Cash was used for less than a quarter of all payments last year for the first time ever, new figures show, as people frequently choose debit cards and contactless to make payments instead. The percentage of all payments made using banknotes and coins fell to 23 per cent in 2019, according to trade body UK … Read more
Families are thousands of pounds out of pocket after being denied refunds for school trips and sports club holidays that aren’t happening due to the pandemic. Others have been hit with costly cancellation charges or offered credit notes they don’t want. One junior rugby team from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, is still battling for a … Read more
Cash lost to betting machines fell by nearly HALF last year – following the introduction of a £2 maximum stake Players used to be able to bet up to £300 per minute on the machines The latest figures, released by the Gambling Commission, shows the scale of the victory achieved by the Daily Mail, which … Read more
One of Britain’s largest cash machine providers is launching a campaign to convince people to continue using cash once coronavirus lockdown ends, saying it wants to dispel ‘fake information’ about banknotes and coins being unsafe. Peter McNamara, founder and chief executive of NoteMachine, which runs 11,000 ATMs, told This is Money that the idea cash … Read more
‘Sorry, we don’t accept cash.’ That is likely to be a familiar phrase repeated by staff members and information posters alike for the rest of 2020 as major retailers begin to reopen on mass in mid-June. Whereas at the turn of the last decade, many local, smaller businesses didn’t accept cards, this has been flipped … Read more
MPs demand Chancellor take urgent action to save UK’s cash system from collapse By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 23:04 BST, 26 May 2020 MPs have written to the Chancellor demanding urgent action to save the UK’s cash system from collapse in light of the coronavirus … Read more
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Katy Perry gives back to the less fortunate as she hands cash to panhandler during drive through LA By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 23:08 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 01:12 BST, 26 May 2020 Now more than ever people are struggling financially. And Katy Perry is doing her best to help … Read more
Coronavirus has crippled the illegal drug trade and is costing the Mexican cartels millions of dollars as they get caught moving stock and bundles of illicit cash. From March 1 to May 8, the amount of cash seized by the DEA in the Los Angeles area more than doubled from $4.5 million last year to … Read more