Central banks are struggling to support the return of cash without being drawn into the day-to-day running of cash machine networks carried out by commercial banks

Monetary authorities have historically resisted running costly payment infrastructures, instead requiring high street lenders to provide cashpoints and branches to preserve consumer access. 

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