A Queensland small business has accused its bank of making it “actively difficult” to deal in cash, after facing an “unacceptable” situation where coin deposit machines were down at multiple branches. But the Commonwealth Bank has rejected suggestions it’s phasing out deposit machines, saying “cash is and will remain an important part of Australia’s economy”.
” Diamond said the “absolute uproar” from the community also included staff being “abused” at events by people who were “clearly upset” by not being able to pay cash on the door. At one event in a regional community, “protesters came out” and pushed a “sentiment” that the business was “part of a problem helping banks push cashless agenda”, Diamond said. “We had to call the police because one guy was abusing staff, telling us we were responsible for the new world order,” he said.