69 results about this entity
Period: 13 Dec 2004 - 05 Dec 2023
Company announcement/retail
LINK, the UK’s cash access and ATM network, has today confirmed that Richmond in North Yorkshire is to receive a Banking Hub following the announcement that the town’s final branch is set to close.
05 December 2023
News/retail
Nine new shared banking hubs are to be opened across the UK as the country's high street lenders push ahead with further branch closure programmes.
30 January 2023
Major UK banks have agreed to create a network of shared banking hubs to ensure communities have fair access to cash.
15 December 2021
News/payments
Following a successful 12-month pilot, Link, the UK’s largest cash machine network, is rolling out Cashback Without Purchase across the UK, enabling consumers to withdraw any amount up to £50 at small high street shops and retailers.
02 December 2021
Link's mission to ensure free and easy access to cash as the UK's primary cash machine network operator will remain under the purview of the Payment Systems Regulator, following a positive review of its performance by the watchdog.
28 October 2021
Successive Coronavirus lockdowns led to a 37% drop in UK ATM withdrawals in 2020, according to figures published by cash machine network Link.
27 January 2021
MPs from across the House of Commons have called on the Chancellor to act now to protect the UK cash infrastructure from imminent collapse, as people shun ATMs due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
26 May 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is radically changing cash usage in the UK, with ATM withdrawals falling 60% during the lockdown and three quarters of Brits reporting that their use of paper money is down.
29 April 2020
Cash usage in Britain has halved in just a few days following the Government's imposition of a nationwide lock-down on freedom of movement.
25 March 2020
News
A month after setting up an access to cash fund, the UK's Link ATM network says it has received more than 100 requests for the installation of free-to-use cash machines by local communities.
31 October 2019
Vocalink has retained its role as technology provider to the UK's Link ATM network, beating off competition from four alternative suppliers for a five to 10-year contract for the provision of ATM switching and settlement services.
15 October 2019
UK ATM network Link has set up a £1 million fund from which cash-starved communities can draw in order to install a free cash machine.
02 October 2019
News/inclusion
UK ATM network Link has promised to ensure that every high street in the country will have free access to a cash machine.
29 August 2019
New data from the UK's Link ATM network shows an ongoing decline in the use of cash machines for withdrawing money and checking balances, as contactless cards and mobile banking services take hold.
24 July 2019
UK banks and regulators are being urged to act to prevent the country from "sleepwalking" into a cashless society, in a hard-hitting report prepared by former financial ombudsman Natalie Ceeney.
06 March 2019
The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is promising to take action to protect the availability of free-to-use cash machines across the country after the publication of new figures by network operator Link which show more than 250 machines a month disappearing from the high street.
12 September 2018
ATM network operator Link has pulled back from a plan for a progressive ramping up of interchange fees after outrage from consumer groups over an apparent acceleration in ATM closures across the UK.
16 July 2018
Consumer champion Which? is calling for regulatory intervention to halt the closure of cash machines across the UK as banks and convenience stores re-assess the commercial viability of their networks under a new charging model which takes effect next week.
29 June 2018
UK ATM network operator Link is to introduce a phased reduction in interchange fees paid by banks in a move that could see tens of thousands of cash machines disappear from the high street.
31 January 2018
The UK's Link ATM network is inviting Expressions of Interest for a 5-10 year contract to provide ATM switching and settlement services, the first time the contract has gone to competitive tender.
26 January 2018
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