Consumer watchdog urges Government to protect ATMs

Protect our ATMs! Consumer watchdog urges Government to step in and save dwindling number of cash machines  Calls have intensified for governmetn to protect dwindling numbers of ATMs  Many have been replaced with machines that now charge up to £2 a time  Some 12,700 free-to-use ATMs have been removed across country since 2018  By Sean … Read more

Consumer watchdog urges Government to protect ATMs

Protect our ATMs! Consumer watchdog urges Government to step in and save dwindling number of cash machines  Calls have intensified for governmetn to protect dwindling numbers of ATMs  Many have been replaced with machines that now charge up to £2 a time  Some 12,700 free-to-use ATMs have been removed across country since 2018  By Sean … Read more

Risk of getting coronavirus from ATMs, petrol pumps and pedestrian crossing buttons is low, study

Risk of catching coronavirus by touching surfaces such as cash machines, petrol pumps and pedestrian crossings is low, scientists say Scientists swabbed the surfaces – which also included post boxes – 350 times But they detected it in only 29 samples, the equivalent of eight per cent The swabs were taken in Boston, home to … Read more

10,000 free ATMs vanish in just two years as cashpoints that charge rise, report warns

10,000 free ATMs vanish in just two years as cashpoints that charge for withdrawals jump by a quarter, report warns Research noted a dramatic decline in machines offering free cash withdrawals  Communities in Wales, Scotland and the South West must travel the furthest for free cash, meaning the elderly and infirm are underserved  Affluent areas … Read more

Post Office to scrap a THIRD of its 2,000 ATMs in new blow to elderly and vulnerable

Post Office cash machines crisis: Mail bosses are to scrap a THIRD of its 2,000 ATMs in new blow to elderly and vulnerable Post Office will invest £16million to equip 1,400 machines with latest technology Customers still be able to withdraw cash over the counter at 11,500 post offices But many Britons do not know … Read more

Post Office to scrap a THIRD of its 2,000 ATMs in new blow to elderly and vulnerable

Post Office cash machines crisis: Mail bosses are to scrap a THIRD of its 2,000 ATMs in new blow to elderly and vulnerable Post Office will invest £16million to equip 1,400 machines with latest technology Customers still be able to withdraw cash over the counter at 11,500 post offices But many Britons do not know … Read more

Monzo will charge customers to withdraw more than £250 from ATMs

Monzo is set to become the first major UK bank to charge its customers to make withdrawals from an ATM, amid fears Britain is increasingly going cashless. The smartphone bank said today it would charge customers a 3 per cent fee if they withdrew more than £250 from UK and European ATMs over a 30-day … Read more

Laws set to force banks to have local ATMs

Banks will be forced to provide cash machines within a ‘reasonable distance’ of every UK home under laws being prepared by ministers Network operator Link said that 12 per cent of Britain’s 60,000 ATMs were temporarily shut during the coronavirus lockdown Consumers have ditched cash at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic over fears it … Read more