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Bank Of Queensland ATM Balance Inquiry Fee Updated

A number of readers have indicated Bank Of Queensland is charging foreign balance enquiries at $2.00 at their ATMs. We had previously indicated that BOQ operated ATMs were charging $1.00. However a number of BOQ branded ATMs are operated bt the independent company called Customers. Given the amount of feedback we have received, the bank [...]

redi Not So Steady

After several months we were bound to find an ATM provider breaking away from their initial direct charge fee structures once they saw the lie of the land. It appears that that first ATM provider to alter their direct charged fees is rediATM.
Before I go on, it is worth noting that rediATM is not one ATM provider, but [...]

Westpac Bank drops ATM disloyalty fee

Westpac bank, the most profitble bank in the world, has now decided to take a profit hit by doing a complete back-flip on their ATM disloyalty fee. The disloyalty fee for Westpac customer’s using a foreign ATM, which we reported Westpac had moved from $2.00 earlier in the week to $0.25, is now NIL. So Westpac customer’s [...]

ATM Direct Charging - 1st Day Wrap Up

Now that we have seen out the first day of ATM Direct Charging it’s time to review the wash-up. By the end of the day, we were able to visit ATMs from most of the banks and many of the independent operators plus we received additional or confirmation data from other sources (thanks for the [...]

The start of a new era for ATM fees?

It has just ticked over to the 3rd March 2008 so I assume that means you will see a message on the screen of ‘foreign-ATMs’ in Australia to indicate how much you will be charged for your transaction. So far, ATM Fee Tracker has only been able to confirm with 3 banks what they will charge [...]

Seriously, What’s It Going to Cost?

Over the past week we have been trying to get information from the banks and ATM providers on the Direct Fees they will be charging ATM users who are not customers of their institution. We have also been attempting to get information about the so-called ‘Disloyalty Fees’ banks may charge their own customers for using other institutions’ [...]