MasterCard Boss: Cash Will Be Extinct in UK & Ireland Within 5 Years
The boss of MasterCard in the UK and Ireland believes cash will be practically extinct in the next five years across Britain and Ireland and will seem as antediluvian as carrying a pouch full of gold. Speaking to Business Insider during Money2020 Europe in Copenhagen last week, Mark Barnett CEO of MasterCard UK and Ireland claimed cash in 30 years will seem as old fashioned as the horse and cart. Barnett says: "We're quite ahead of the rest of the world, because if you take the world as a whole it's still 85% cash. I think in five years time there'll be practically none. There will be....
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