Somewhere in the region of 70 per cent of free-to-use cash machines could close completely or begin charging fees to allow users to access money, as rising costs of running hit operators across the board.
Operator Notemachine warns that funding cuts may leave firms with 'no option' but to start charging customers to withdraw cash.
This means that over 37,000 free-to-use ATMs may disappear from UK streets completely in the not too distant future.