According to a new report from the Payments Council and Link, which runs the UK's cash machines, the volume of cash payments rose by 200 million in 2012, reversing the year-on-year decline over the past decade.
The cash machine remains the most popular way for people to access their cash.
This, coupled with an industry initiative to increase the number of ATMs in deprived areas, has seen the number of cash machines in the UK rise to an all-time high of 66,134.
Out of those 46,069 are free-to-use, and 97.2% of withdrawals were from free-to-use machines. On average we withdrew £66 per transaction using debit cards.
David Hensley, head of cash at the Payments Council, said: "Cash is still a vital part of our day-to-day lives, and more than half of all our payments are in cash, reflecting its easy use and its wide acceptance."
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