http://www.atmfeetracker.com Keeping The Banks Honest Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/07/redi-not-so-steady/ It has now passed the 3 week mark since the introduction of ATM direct charging. In that time we have established what the players are charging, piqued the interest of the mainstream media and seen every bank drop their disloyalty fees (it appears Adelaide Bank has given in too). In the ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/03/traffic-comments-and-visitors/ Choice Magazine's website is also running an ATM Watch page (hey, we are all for competition!), and today we saw that one of their users has again identified an unusually high ATM fee... I withdrew cash from a commonwealth bank ATM Prospect road, Kilburn SA at 11.30 pm and the fee ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/03/480-withdrawal-at-commbank-in-adelaide/ Wow, what a day! After John Rolfe at the Daily Telegraph in Sydney picked up on our post about variable ATM fees that have the potential to exploit patrons of drinking establishments, we have spent the day being pursued by a number of media outlets. Since then we have had radio spots ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/03/atm-fee-tracker-in-the-media-plus-a-correction/ One of our goals at ATM Fee Tracker Australia is to ensure that consumers are educated about what to expect when they have to use an ATM that their bank does not provide fee free access to. Of course, we are not responsible for providing that education, but can be ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/03/let-the-education-begin/ ...and some other glossary terms. We have had much more traffic and reader feedback than we ever expected since the new ATM fee reforms were introduced. The most common theme from the feedback is people are looking for clarity in what an ATM Direct Charge fee is versus what a Disloyalty ... http://www.atmfeetracker.com/2009/03/direct-charge-fees-vs-disloyalty-fees/