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Originally Posted by Incognitas
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As I said above, the statistic at the top of that report is misleading. Fee charging is on the increase because most new ATMs are installed by companies that charge for their use, not because more banks are beginning to charge for use of ATMs that were previously free.
Where I agree with Nationwide's concerns is that if there are too many fee-charging ATMs, the public will get used to paying to use them, and next time Barclays or another major bank tries to muscle in with charges, they may be harder to resist.