article_snippet: This year non-cash transactions are expected to reach 19.9billion, outstripping the predicted 19billion cash exchanges.  
article_snippet: This is forecast to happen at some point in 2015because while cash payments are remaining fairly constant, the number of non-cash payments has been steadily increasing.
article_snippet: Some have predicted the end of coin-operated marking meters (right) could spell the end of cash .
article_snippet: This was more than three times the total value of contactless spending the previous year.
article_snippet: And the amount we spend with cash is dwindling too, with the British Retail Consortium estimating we now spend an average of £9.47 in coins and notes.
article_snippet: However the Payments Council said the popularity of cashless payments do not spell the end of Britain's monetary system in the Payments Council entirety.
article_snippet: While card and other non cash payments will continue to become popular, the Payments Council predicts that by 2023 we will still be making 12.9 transactions using coins and notes.
article_snippet: This will be significantly lower than the 27.5 billion transactions without cash that are expected.
article_snippet: Mark Bowerman, a spokesman for the Payments Council said: 'We are not forecasting that cash will disappear. '
highlights_snippet: Hove Council predicts non-cash payments will overtake cash in 2015 .