Double ATM Fees, Triple Trouble
A Fifth PIRG National Survey of ATM Surcharging Rates

April 1, 2001-- The Fifth Anniversary of ATM Surcharging

March 29, 2001

by U.S. PIRG and the State PIRG Consumer Team

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Press Release

Summary And Findings

Along with the report, we've prepared a graphic called Jane Pays Twice that describes how ATM surcharging really works. Here is an Acrobat version for printing: Jane Pays Twice-pdf.

Janine Benner, CALPIRG; Emily Hoopes, COPIRG; Frank Houston, Illinois PIRG; Deirdre Cummings and Tara Hudson, MASSPIRG; Tracy Shelton and Russ Haven, NYPIRG; Kate Strouse, Ohio PIRG; Steve Dixon, Oregon State PIRG; Tim Greef, WASHPIRG.

Thanks to all the state PIRG staff and students around the country who helped collect surveys.

Special thanks to Irene Leech, her students at Virginia Tech and the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council for their participation.

Thanks to Lavinia Sharp, Jen Mueller, Joey Fink, and Rick Trilsch - the U.S. PIRG Administrative Team - for production.

Thanks to Liz Hitchcock and Kimberly Larson of U.S. PIRG for review.

Special thanks to U.S. PIRG interns Kristen Keran and Sean Ferguson.

U.S. PIRG, the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, the state PIRGs and the PIRG Consumer Team recognize the ongoing support for our consumer education and research efforts by the Consumers Union of the United States and by the Ann Lower Grants Program of Consumer Federation of America.