These include high street banks (such as Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and NatWest) and building societies (such as Nationwide and the Coventry Building Society), the Post Office and independent ATM operators.

[2] Link runs a financial inclusion programme[3] to protect cash machines in some of the most remote and deprived areas of the UK.

This was first designed and set up following work with the Treasury Select Committee under the chairmanship of Lord McFall in 2006 and has developed and expanded since Link has committed to protecting the geographic spread of ATM provision and it established the Link Consumer Council to provide advice on consumer issues related to cash.

[4] Over 3,400 priority areas across the country have benefited from new free to use ATMs as a result of this initiative.

In October 2019, Link launched a scheme allowing any member of the public to request an ATM in their community.