The ATM machine was once known as the most useful invention in the banking industry, which greatly facilitated the convenience of depositors to deposit and withdraw money and relieved the operating pressure of the bank.
However, with the popularity of mobile payment, the highlight moment of ATM is no longer seen.The overall operation of the payment system in 2021 released by the People’s Bank of China shows that there are 6,947,800 ATM machines, a decrease of 66,000 from the end of the previous year. There were 6.71 ATM machines per 10,000 people, a year-on-year decrease of 7.34%.
According to data released by the central bank,The year with the largest number of ATMs in the country was in 2018, reaching 1,110,800 units, 150,200 new units were added. In 2019, the number of ATMs in my country decreased for the first time, with a decrease of 13,100 units that year; in 2020, it decreased by 83,900 units again.
It is understood that the first ATM machine in China was introduced by Bank of China Zhuhai Branch in 1987, 35 years ago. ATM machines in China have only taken a short period of more than 20 years from the huge profits in the Chaoyang period to the decline of today.
According to the “2020 Mobile Payment Security Survey Report” released by China UnionPay in February this year, 98% of respondents regard mobile payment as their most commonly used payment method.
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