Paying

If you have difficulty remembering your PIN number on your bank card, download the App for online banking to your phone (the bank staff will help you with this). When you open the App, there will [...]

If I go out to buy something small, like a coffee, I just take a fiver. That way it won’t ever be too bad if I’m not given the right change. Use an App to remember your PIN.

I always use Contactless, so that I don’t have to count change or remember a PIN number.

Using Contactless saves you the stress of using cash.

Think now how you might cope using cash again (after COVID). We’ve all been using Contactless as payment. Now some people may require cash again. My window cleaner came the other day and wanted [...]

I avoid paying in cash, as I can’t compute the change.

Use your card for all transactions. Keep a copy of the card number and 3 digit number at all times, in case you lose it and wish to buy online.

In shops, I use my card, as queues are the worst place to be if you have trouble counting your money.

For my taxi fare, I try to remember to sort out the right money the night before, giving me time. They often don’t have change first thing in the morning.

I get in a pickle with money now. My taxi and a few others still have to be paid in cash. So now I never get £20 notes out of the bank. Instead I go to the cash desk and ask for £5s and £10s. I [...]