In the same survey, 45 per cent of people said they had been somewhere in the previous eight weeks that wasn't actively accepting cash.
Research has found nearly half of those surveyed have been somewhere recently that has discouraged or not accepted the use of cash.
In a survey of more than 2,100 across the UK by YouGov between March 8 and 9, some 45 per cent of people said they had been somewhere in the previous eight weeks that wasn't actively accepting cash. The research, commissioned by ATM network Link, saw one in five found this fairly or very inconvenient.
Restaurants, cafés and car parks were among the locations where people said they had been unable to pay with coins and banknotes. The findings indicated that people in London were particularly likely to have been discouraged or prevented from paying in cash and people in Northern Ireland were particularly unlikely to have been stopped from or put off using cash to pay.When asked how people use cash to manage their finances, a fifth said they put spare change in jars or piggy banks. Saving in jars or piggy banks was found to be most popular in Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland .
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