According to the OeNB, the supply of ATMs has declined sharply across Austria – Kollross wants a nationwide supply of cash close to home
Vienna (OTS/SK) – There are fewer and fewer ATMs in Austria. According to the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), the number of ATMs fell by 510 across Austria from 2021 to 2023. The availability of ATMs has declined more drastically than ever before. In view of these frightening figures, SPÖ municipal spokesman and federal chairman of the Social Democratic Association of Municipal Representatives (GVV) Andreas Kollross emphasizes: “As an association of municipal representatives in Austria, we are calling on the federal government to create a cash supply law so that there is at least one ATM in every municipality and the supply of cash is guaranteed across the board becomes! People have a right to cash supplies even in peripheral areas without having to drive for miles.” ****
In fact, banks have a mandate to provide cash – but this is “nowadays just about profiteering and maximizing profits,” criticized Kollross to the SPÖ press service on Monday and recalled the record profits of Austrian banks in recent years. A survey among SPÖ mayors last year showed how much communities are affected by disappearing ATMs – the thinning out of rural areas is continuing to progress. “Hundreds of communities no longer have ATMs – or the community has to step in to finance them. But the banks are responsible for this and not the municipalities, which are already suffering from massive inflation and are finding it increasingly difficult to carry out their actual tasks financially,” said the GVV chairman. (End) bj/ls
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