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The ATM fee debate continues ...

The ongoing battle over ATMs, fees and surcharges

Recent developments

Are you being taken by unmarked ATMs? -- That ATM with no name or logo may be owned by your bank -- and and it's still hitting you with surcharges! (Oct. 6, 2000)

 
Supreme Court backs banks in ATM battle -- As ATM fees continue to rise, the justices have decided that states can't do much about it. (April 25, 2000)
 

ATM surcharges: $2 billion and rising -- More banks than ever are surcharging; but grocery stores remain fee-free. (March 20, 2000)

 
A brief history of ATM fees

Judge thwarts ATM surcharge ban -- A U.S. District judge agrees with two California banks that surcharges should stay. (Nov. 17, 1999)
PLUS:
Bankrate.com readers speak out about the surcharge debate. More

 

Voters get chance to outlaw ATM surcharges -- Fed-up customers lead a grass-roots campaign to limit ATM fees. But will courts let it stand? (Nov. 3, 1999)
PLUS: How to make it happen in your hometown More

 

Give outrageous ATM fees the boot -- Our survey exposes outrageous increases in checking costs. Here's how to win the tug of war and hang on to your own money. Clobber ATM and debit card costs. (Oct. 20, 1999)

 

More ATMs = more fees? Not so! From gas stations to cruise ships, ATMs are everywhere -- and so are ATM fees. Some states hope to outlaw those extra charges someday, but we tell you how to skip 'em right now. (May 18, 1999)

 

More banks surcharge -- More banks are charging non-customers to use ATMs, and the price is rising, according to the latest Bankrate.com survey. (June 12, 1998)

 

Avoid ATM fees: Grab cash at the register -- Want to avoid those pesky surcharges at the automated teller machine? Buy some stamps. (April 24, 1998) 

 

Fleet Bank sues for right to levy ATM surcharges -- Connecticut consumers could lose their protection from being forced to pay non-customer ATM surcharges. (March 30, 1998)  

 
 
 
Tables, Charts, Surveys
  ATM fee facts and figures (April 11, 2000)
  More institutions charging at ATMs. (May 18, 1999)
   
  Other Special Reports from Bankrate.com

 

 
 
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