A BRIEF HISTORY OF CASH IN

POST- WAR

BRITAIN

1967

Barclays bank unveils the nation’s first cash machine in Enfield, north London • 1971 Britain moves from pounds, shillings and old pence to a new system on “decimalisation day” • 2004 The start of “chip and pin” card machines in shops • 2007 The first contactless cards are issued by banks • 2017 Bitcoin frenzy sparks interest in new currencies • 2020 Coronavirus hits and cash use plummets