Potential for a digital pound this decade

[courtg9000]

Always have a reserve £20 in the wallet.
Keep a spare £20 hidden in my Filofax and my support bag as well.
I can't use self checkouts and some ATM's are a pain in the proverbial so still get cashback at Supermarkets etc.

[NotAllThere]

Neal Asher wrote that eventually some smart bugger will offer an IOU.

It's called "cash"

[vetran]

I think they now need to insist on any wages / service fees / benefits are paid into a bank account and people can then use cash as they wish. Penalties pretty harsh for not complying.
Bank account linked to one person and one NI number using KYC.

Kill the black/grey/ illegal economy whilst leaving people the freedom to use cash.