{"id":92783,"date":"2018-06-29T12:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hundreds-of-cash-machines-close-as-uk-turns-to-contactless-payments\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:04:07","slug":"hundreds-of-cash-machines-close-as-uk-turns-to-contactless-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hundreds-of-cash-machines-close-as-uk-turns-to-contactless-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of cash machines close as UK turns to contactless payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWhich? says ATMs around the country are shutting down and rural operators are worst hitCash machines around the UK are closing at a rate of 300 every month, with rural communities worst hit, according to an analysis by Which?.Almost 1,500 machines on the Link network shut down between November 2017 and April 2018, partly because the dramatic increase in contactless payments for small transactions is making cash less necessary.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/jun\/29\/hundreds-of-cash-machines-close-as-uk-turns-to-contactless-payments\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds of cash machines close as UK turns to contactless payments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Which? says ATMs around the country are shutting down and rural operators are worst hitCash&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-o8v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35412,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barclays-to-unveil-contactless-cash-withdrawals\/","url_meta":{"origin":92783,"position":0},"title":"Barclays to unveil contactless cash withdrawals","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Machines will allow the user to tap their card on a reader, or even use their smartphone, to make a withdrawalWhile contactless payment terminals have become ubiquitous in retail outlets, Barclays is set to trial contactless ATMs in a number of its branches.The bank will unveil 100 contactless machines\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60504,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cash-no-longer-king-as-contactless-payments-soar-in-uk-stores\/","url_meta":{"origin":92783,"position":1},"title":"Cash no longer king as contactless payments soar in UK stores","date":"July 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Landmark moment as cards now account for more than half of all purchases, according to British Retail ConsortiumIs this the tipping point that signals the beginning of the end for cash? 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