ATMs are dying out.. You can bank on that

Fears for OAPs and rural communities over closures

- BY DAN VEVERS

SCOTS are losing free ATMs at a rate of nearly four per week amid a mounting cash access crisis, data shows.

Figures from LINK, the UK's cash machine network, show free-to-use ATMs in Scotland have declined by about 5100 in 2018 to around 3500 today. That means there's about one free cash machine for every 1600 Scottish adults.

Campaigners say the decline of bank branches along with ATMs is a "disaster" for remote and rural communities and vulnerable groups who depend on cash.