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Mandate businesses to accept card payment with non-compliance a criminal offence

Submitted by Joshua Taitt on Friday 4th July 2025

Published on Tuesday 29th July 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 29th January 2026

Signatures: 18

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Accept ~ Barber ~ Busy ~ Cash ~ Criminal ~ Illegal ~ Mandate ~ Mandatory ~ Money ~ Offered ~ Option ~ Payment ~ Prison ~ prison sentence ~ sentence ~ shops

Petition Action

Mandate businesses to accept card payment with non-compliance a criminal offence

Petition Details

Make it mandatory for businesses to offer card payment facilities as well as cash. We think this will improve consumer choice. Especially barber shops and take-aways. We believe that when money is traceable it will cut down on illegal activity.

Additional Information

Make having a card machine a mandatory requirement. Not offering a card payment option should be a criminal offence punishable by a prison sentence and huge fine.


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