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UK Shops can refuse to take cash even though it's legal tender (2023)
It’s perfectly legal for shops to refuse to accept cash. They may also refuse to accept card payments.
A post on Facebook with over 300 shares claims it’s an offence for a shop to refuse to take payment in cash, as it is legal tender. According to the Bank of England, the fact that cash is “legal tender” doesn’t mean shops have to accept it as payment. We’ve checked other false posts about the status of cash, including that Nando’s and Starbucks in the UK are no longer accepting it, Sweden is abolishing it, and that the World Health Organisation advised people to use contactless instead to stop Covid-19 spreading.
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