The firm behind a fifth of the country’s free cash machines is to start charging customers nearly £1 a time to take their money out. Notemachine is now planning to charge customers an estimated 95p fee at about half of its machines. At least 3,200 free ATMs have shut since January 2018, according to Link, leaving 51,300 still open. Mike Cherry, of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: ‘Cash machines are still vital to communities right across the UK. Miss John said: ‘In order for cash to remain a viable payment method, the public needs access both to withdraw cash and to deposit cash.

Source: Daily Mail April 12, 2019 23:11 UTC