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Surveys, reports, and additional information

U.S. Public Interest Research Group:

• Double ATM Fees, Triple Trouble: A Fifth PIRG National Survey of ATM Surcharging Rates (March 29, 2001)  [PDF]
• ATM Fee Backlash: Local Rebellions Against Unfair Surcharge Spread (March 2000)  [PDF]
• Big Banks, Bigger Fees: A National Survey of Bank Fees (October 14, 1999)

U.S. General Accounting Office:

• Automated Teller Machines: Survey Results Indicate Banks' Surcharge Fees Have Increased (April 24, 1998)  [PDF | summary]
• Automated Teller Machines: Banks Reported That Use of Surcharge Fees Has Increased (May 16, 1997)  [PDF]

Hearings on ATM surcharge legislation:

• New York City Council Committees on Finance and Consumer Affairs Joint Hearing (December 6, 2000)
• Senate Banking Committee Hearing on the Practice of Automated Teller Machine Surcharging (July 15, 1998)
• Senate Banking Committee Field Hearing: Impact of ATM Surcharges on Consumers and Small Banks (Chicago, Illinois; August 12, 1997)
• Senate Banking Committee Oversight Hearing on Automated Teller Machine Networks (July 29, 1997)
• Senate Banking Committee Hearing on the General Accounting Office Report on ATM Surcharges (June 11, 1997)

Press releases and position statements:

• ATM Surcharges and the Expansion of Consumer Choice (Cato Institute, March 19, 1998)
• ATM Fees: The Price for Convenience (Consumer Bankers Association, June 1997)
• Analysis of 1999 Federal Reserve Bank Fee Research (Independent Community Bankers of America, August 1999)
• Press release concerning Mentis Corporation report on consumer attitudes toward ATM surcharging (Dec. 12, 1997)

Government agencies:

• Conference of State Bank Supervisors
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
• Federal Reserve Banks
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Federal Trade Commission
• General Accounting Office
• National Credit Union Administration
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Office of Thrift Supervision
• Senate Banking Committee

Industry associations:

• American Bankers Association
• America's Community Bankers
• ATM Industry Association
• Coalition for ATM Choice (California Bankers Association)
• Consumer Bankers Association
• Credit Union National Association
• Electronic Funds Transfer Association
• Financial Services Technology Consortium
• Independent Bankers Association of America
• NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
• National Association of Federal Credit Unions
• World Council of Credit Unions

Consumer organizations:

• Consumer organizations (Yahoo! index)
• Consumers Union
• National Consumers League
• Public Citizen
• Public Interest Research Groups
• StopATMFees.Com Campaign to End Extra ATM Fees: A Project of the State PIRGs

State and local links:

• Conference of State Bank Supervisors
• Current Status of State Legislation on ATM fees (1998)
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• State banking departments
• National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors
• State Public Interest Research Groups
• IL  Coalition for Consumer Rights: Automatically Taxed Money: ATM Fees on the Rise (Feb. 2000)
• MA  MassPIRG Banking Page
• MI  Michigan Credit Union League: ATM Surcharging
• MN  Minnesota PIRG report: The Big Fees Squeeze -- A Report on Minnesota Banks and ATMs (Dec. 1997)
• NY  NYPIRG report: The Deceptive Double Dip: Four Years After the Ban on ATM Surcharges (March/April 2000)
• NY  New York City Council staff report: Guilty as Surcharged: Automated Teller Machines Are Asking Too Much (Jan. 2000) (PDF)
• WA  Washington Campaign for Consumer Choice

Miscellaneous links:

• ATM Magazine
• ATM surcharges (Yahoo! index)
• bankrate.com (Bank Rate Monitor)
• New Rules Finance: ATM Surcharge Bans
• PIRG's Bank Fee Consumer Tips
• Stanley Cline's ATM Surcharge Page
• Consumer Action & Advice Web Ring