More than half of Brits asked by businesses to make payments in cash, new data reveals

The encouragement may have included signs saying a business accepts or prefers cash, or being asked directly if they can pay that way - (Getty Images)

More than half of consumers (54 per cent) said in September that they had visited an business in the previous eight weeks that encouraged cash payments, according to research commissioned by cash access and ATM network Link.

Such encouragement ranged from notices indicating that a business accepts or prefers cash, to staff directly asking patrons if they could pay in physical currency.