Link Interchange Network

70 results about this entity

Period: 13 Dec 2004 - 04 Jun 2024

Link to open up to consumers

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is calling for changes to the governance of cash machine network operator Link to give businesses and consumers more say in decision-making at the company.

Banks called to account for ATM fees

The UK government is to call an urgent meeting with banking chiefs and independent ATM operators to discuss why consumers are charged £140m a year for withdrawing their own money from cash machines.

Link and consumer groups at loggerheads over fee-charging ATMs

Half of UK bank customers are confused about whether they can use the Big Four banks’ cashpoints for free, according to new research by consumer group Which?, reigniting the debate over clearer labelling at fee-charging ATMs.

Voca and Link win UK e-payments tender

Clearing house Voca and cash machine network operator Link have won a contract to supply a new near-real-time e-payments clearing system for the UK banking industry.

Link takes tough line with ATM fee-chargers; rejects calls for clearer signage

The UK's Link Interchange Network says it has fined ATM operators that have failed to comply with its new rules on signage for fee-charging cash machines, but it has rejected proposals from high street banks for machines to display clearer colour-coded signs.

Link predicts record breaking Christmas at ATMs

UK customers are expected to withdraw around £16.5 billion from cash machines around the country this Christmas, breaking all previous records, according to forecasts from The Link Interchange Network.

UK banks tender for new e-payments system

The UK's banks are on the verge of selecting a new clearing system that will cut the time it takes to transfer electronic payments between accounts.

MPs demand clear labels for fee-charging ATMs

Cash machines that charge consumers for withdrawals should display clearer warning labels that are visible from a distance, according to a government inquiry into ATM fees.

Competition authorities to probe Link/TNS cash machine venture

The Competition Commission is to probe a proposed joint venture between Link Interchange Network and Transaction Network Services for the supply of outsourced ATM transaction processing services in the UK.

Link to launch mobile ATM service

UK cash machine network Link has signed up two of the UK's high street banks and four mobile operators, including Vodafone, to its MobileATM service which allows users to check bank accounts and purchase air time from their hand sets.