I have to admit this is really now getting to me, as per my comments in the thread about people turning up with no cash wanting to pay with apps/cards/mobile banking and bitcoin.
I live in an area that is very middle class outskirts of London and I am amazed at how many places now wont take my cash, most places do, but it is starting to worry me as more have gone cashless. My clients tell me that I am the only person that they pay in cash and don't carry it at all any more.
No card companies will touch us if we are honest about what we do, no banks will let us open an account if we are honest about what we do. I used to worry about laws coming into criminalize the client etc., but now I think just doing away with cash will do the job for them.
In the town I live in 2 more banks have recently closed, and the big towns around me have more closing in the next month. You can use the post office, but I am uncomfortable with that as you have to use the counter, and not a machine which makes it more anonymous.
I wondered if anyone had found any way of taking virtual payments without having to lie about the nature of the business, which risks chargebacks and other issues.