Ron Delnevo's Blog

2021. Not a year starting with great optimism, though it could hardly be worse than 2020! What do I expect to be doing in 2021? Firstly, surviving, along with 99.8% of other people! Secondly, continuing working to ensure that Payment Choice is maintained for all! I don't do New Year Resolutions, so that will suffiuce for now. Apart from, I wish everyone a healthy and happy 2021!  ....

There are "experts" who argue that there are only 2 million people in the UK who currently NEED to use cash. These same experts usually contend that the figure has been decreasing for years and that, ultimately, it will tend to zero, through a combination of death and digital innovation. The subtext of this messaging is " ... and what does a group of only 2.1 million matter anyway? They are u....

Frankly, there is too much discussion in the UK - and around Europe - surrounding the precise meaning of the term "Legal Tender". Until recently, the vast majority of UK public believed that the £ had to be accepted for purchases in shops, bars and restaurants.  Then, long before the current pandemic, a few retailers and bars started to refuse cash. This refusal attracted a signi....

My love affair with cash started with my parents. I was born in the 1950s, entering the world just as the UK was finally leaving World War 2 rationing behind. In those far off days, there was plenty of poverty – but little debt. The financial system really didn’t allow the general public to have significant debt. Personal loans from a bank or building society were almost unheard o....

I am mature ( NOT old) enough to remember when there was no "Space Race". I can also recall the moment when Vostok 1, piloted by Yuri Gagarin, completed one orbit of Earth, seemingly demonstrating to the world that the Soviet Union, then a Super Power, held sway over the United States, in those days the only other Super Power, in the rush to conquer Outer Space. I have to state at the outs....