Meeting of the Parliament 25 February 2026 [Draft]
We all recognise the importance of face-to-face banking services in our local high streets, and I welcome the fact that at least one community in the member’s constituency will benefit from that. I remind members that any organisation or individual can ask LINK for a reassessment under the criteria if any decision has not gone its way in the past.
Scottish Government officials are working closely with the FCA. A forum on access to cash took place in October, just a few months ago, which gave us the opportunity to raise Scotland-specific concerns about some of the criteria and the impacts of the current regime directly with all the various players, including the FCA, LINK and Cash Access UK.
I agree with the member that there is still a lot of work to do to look at post-implementation of that regime and to make sure that Scotland’s needs are taken into account. In the meantime, we will continue that engagement with the FCA.