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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Clea Skopeliti

‘It’s easier to budget’: people on why they swapped cards for cash

Two people using cashpoints
There are fewer ATMs as people ditched cash for card payments. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Cash payments are making a comeback in the UK for the first time in a decade, data shows.

Reversing years of decline, the banking body UK Finance said many people had returned to physical money to help them budget as the cost of living crisis squeezes disposable incomes.

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