News Archive 2025

This is NOT protecting access to cash - its little more than window dressing! LINK have done 1173 “assessments” of communities left without banks in one year and only “recommended” 86 Banking Hubs! Which means in only 7% of cases are communities getting Banking Hubs. This is NOT properly protecting access to cash - it’s little more than Window Dressing! Why is thi....

Absolutely brilliant research work by the European Central Bank on the enduring importance of cash. The Bank of England will be viewing this research with envy - and great interest. I love this quote: “This crisis-driven demand for cash stems from its fundamental attributes: it offers distinct psychological and practical utility, explaining its well-documented global staying power.” ....

What a terrible “process” to get a Banking Hub. A MP bumps into the CEO of LINK Scheme Ltd at a “do” in Parliament, one thing leads to another - and Golspie, a town with a population of only 1300, secures a “review” of “access to cash”. Best word to describe this? FARCE. When YouGov conducted a survey of MPs recently, they found that 98% of MP&rs....

A cash-only ice cream kiosk in a threatre. Who would use that - according to LINK ATM Scheme, few people carry wallets anymore so how can they carry cash? Oddly, not a problem at the Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline last week, where everyone seemed delighted to use cash to get their delicious Lucas Ice Cream. After exhaustive research on-premises, it was found that even those who did not carry w....

This quote exposes the terrible inadequacies of the current review system in relation to cash access: “The requirements the body LINK Scheme Ltd recommended the new service should have include a free deposit and cash withdrawal service for personal accounts and businesses, allow for a mix of coins and notes to be deposited and withdrawn, and be open for a MINIMUM OF THREE DAYS FOR FIVE HOUR....