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Christmas Eve to be busiest day of the year with £367m withdrawn
LINK forecasts that the busiest day for cash machines in 2025 will be Christmas Eve as everyone stocks up with cash before the long four day Christmas break.
LINK expects almost £370m to be withdrawn in cash on the 24th December with an average withdrawal value of £124.
In 2024 Friday the 20th December was the busiest day but this year we have a full three days before Christmas and more people will be working for at least one or two days that week. This should concentrate ATM use on the 24th.
The peak minute for cash withdrawals is expected to be 12:13 on the 24th with almost 8,000 cash withdrawals taking place a minute as people go out for Christmas drinks with colleagues, do some last minute shopping or head home to see their families.
LINK Strategy Director Graham Mott said, Christmas is always a special time and for cash machines it is the busiest time of the year. People will be visiting ATMs to get cash for last minute shopping, going out with friends and colleagues or to make sure they have some cash in case they need to pop-out for something they have forgotten”.