ATM FACTS AND FIGURES

There are now around 70,000 cash machines across the UK.

They include over 16,000 pay to use machines, with the remainder free to access.

There are 176.4 million cards in the UK that can be used to withdraw cash at ATMS.

There were more than 269 million transactions at ATMS across the UK last month.

The total transaction value for May exceeded £11bn.

As of last December, RBS had 4,407 ATMS across the country.

These cards were used to withdraw a total of £179.78bn from UK ATMS last year.

Debit cards are the most-used card type to make withdrawals from cash machines, accounting for the vast majority of cash acquisition by consumers.

In the mid-1980s, the UK’S cash machine network, Link, was launched. Nearly every cash machine in the UK, both free-touse and pay-to-use, is now connected to Link, giving cardholders nationwide access to cash.

In 1996, the one billionth cash machine transaction was processed by Link.

The same year, the average UK cash machine withdrawal exceeded £50 for the first time.

In 2002, mobile-phone top ups became available at cash machines.

Before the days when cards were a common feature in people’s wallets, early cash dispensers were designed to receive hole-punched vouchers of £10 each, purchased by the customer from the bank and used in the dispenser when needed.