May sets an all-time record for UK cash machine withdrawals

LINK, the operator of the UK's cash machine network, has reported that May saw new records for the volume and value of LINK cash machine (ATM) transactions.

May 2009 Records

• 255 million LINK transactions*, 3.7 million more than the previous record from May 2008
• £10 billion in LINK cash withdrawals, beating December 2008's record by £8 million
• 1 May 2009 was the busiest day ever at UK cash machines with 11.9 million transactions, beating the previous record of 22nd December 2006 by around 100,000.

* LINK transactions are those which involve two members of the LINK Scheme, i.e. they exclude customers using their own banks' or building societies' ATMs. Total transactions include balance enquires as well as cash withdrawals.

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Media Enquiries:

For more information please contact Victoria McGovern / Karen Cooper at the LINK Press Office.

Email: victoria.mcgovern@thejjgroup.com / karen.cooper@thejjgroup.com

Tel: 01865 343100

Mobile: Victoria, 07971 293 594

About LINK

LINK connects almost every cash machine in the UK, both free-to-use and pay-to-use. The LINK network is the busiest ATM transaction switch in the world. The LINK Scheme brings together the banks, building societies and other institutions that issue cards and the operators of the 64,000 UK cash machines that make up the LINK network.

The LINK network processes around 250 million transactions a month and, at its busiest, it processes over one million transactions an hour. The LINK network has 46 members and there are more than 130 million LINK cards in circulation from 36 card issuers.

www.link.co.uk