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Why I've cut up my contactless bank card...and you should too, says ROSS CLARK | Daily Mail Online

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It isn’t hard to imagine the power that the banks would wield if we lost the option of paying for items in cash and of keeping our savings in a hidey-hole at home.

They would use it as an excuse to ditch free banking in an instant. All kinds of charges would spring up for the simple reason it would be impossible for anyone to avoid them.

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