Nearly 1,700 ATMs became fee-charging between January and March, says Which?
The consumer group said communities are being stripped of free access to cash at an ‘alarming’ rate.
The consumer group said communities are being stripped of free access to cash at an ‘alarming’ rate.
Representatives from RBS, Santander, TSB and the Bank of Scotland appeared before the Scottish Affairs Committee.
The warning comes after police foiled an attempt to steal an ATM in Co Antrim in the early hours of Tuesday.
Which? research also found fewer than two in five people in Scotland trust broadband services.
They followed and subsequently located the vehicle abandoned on the Woodside Road.
The thieves escaped with the contents of the machine.
Bushmills in Co Antrim was the latest village targeted in a series of ATM thefts.
The raid in Dungiven, Co Londonderry, is the eighth ATM theft in the region this year.
Cambuslang Community Council has submitted its research to the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.
The digger attack in Dungiven was the eighth ATM theft in the region this year
The Scottish Affairs Committee has been examining access to financial services following a decline in the number of cash machines across the UK.
They used a specially adapted vehicle, with the roof cut off to enable the stolen ATM to be lowered in and driven away.
Ken Pennington told police officers at a conference in Scotland that some of the precursors to an attack were in place.
The Access to Cash Review said ‘cracks in the system’ are already showing and action is needed to stop the UK sleepwalking into a cashless society.
Detectives are also keen to trace a blue Mini One which was stolen in the Torphins area of Aberdeenshire overnight.