Hundreds of cash machines closing monthly - Which? Investigation

Exclusive Which? research reveals an unprecedented rate of cash machine closures across the UK's ATM network. Almost 1,500 cashpoints disappeared from the UK in just five months, a Which? Money investigation has found. Cash is still the second most commonly used method of payment in the UK, behind debit card payments. 2.7m UK adults still rely almost entirely on cash in their day-to-day lives. One such person is Barbara Pointon who lives in the Cambridgeshire village of Thriplow. The pensioner currently makes a weekly drive to the nearest cashpoints, located five miles away. If these disappear, she’ll be left facing a 14-mile round trip to the next nearest cash machine. Read more: https://ift.tt/2KqINQx Which?: http://www.which.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/whichuk Facebook: https://ift.tt/1fAOmna