evidence: Starbucks has released a statement to its UK customers after recent reports on social media suggested its coffee chains were going to become cashless. The popular high-street chain squashed the rumour after one of its branches went viral online for putting up a sign that said no cash payments would be accepted from October 1. [...] The confusion began after one customer shared a snap of an undisclosed UK branch with a store sign that read "we're going cashless from 1st October 2022." Starbucks has since confirmed that the policy is currently only available in that particular store and not being rolled out nationwide. The business wrote on Twitter: "Starbucks has no plans to go cashless across our UK stores. We operate alongside various licensee business partners in the UK, so this may vary from store to store and the majority of our stores continue to offer cash payment options."