The Andalusian regional government published its 2026 call for grants to install and maintain ATMs in municipalities and population centres at risk of financial exclusion. The programme, administered through Andalucía TRADE, which is attached to the Regional Ministry of University, Industry, Energy and Innovation, aims to improve access to basic financial services and cash, particularly in rural areas. The call has a budget of €300,000 and is open to Andalusian local authorities serving places with more than 500 residents that have neither a bank branch open to the public nor an ATM.
Municipalities that received grants under the previous round may apply for help with ATM operating and maintenance costs. Municipalities seeking to install an ATM for the first time may also apply. Applications are open until 31 October 2026.
The new call continues a programme launched by the regional government through Andalucía TRADE in 2025. That first round had a budget of €300,000 and received more applications than initially expected: grant requests covered 18 ATMs that could benefit more than 14,000 residents in municipalities and rural population centres in Málaga, Seville, Córdoba, Granada and Cádiz.
Completed projects include the installation of the first ATM in Villa del Guadalhorce, in Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, serving around 800 residents. In Fuente Palmera, Córdoba, ATMs have been installed in the districts of Cañada de Rabadán, La Ventilla, El Villar and Silillos, with an estimated 2,200 people benefiting. The programme also includes a project in Igualeja, a Málaga municipality with approximately 700 residents. Other municipalities awarded grants in the previous round are continuing the steps needed to install their planned ATMs.
According to the Bank of Spain’s 2025 Financial Inclusion Report, some Andalusian municipalities still lack in-person access to banking services and cash. The regional government said the new grants would help maintain basic services in rural areas and make cash more accessible.