Originally Posted by
Thunder Gulch
They are a business and they have to pay rent for the locations where they locate ATMs. They also have to pay for the machines and the labor to load it full of cash, the account manager, the real estate for the branch, and the people who staff them. They have a right to charge a fee for it. They never did it before because they were allowed to charge an account fee, but changes in the laws reduced some of the revenues they were able to charge for their service. With fewer revenues, they have to cover the expense of managing accounts, which includes paying the employees who work as tellers and the guy who loads the ATM with cash. Or would you rather them just eliminate those jobs? Typical small picture thinking.
If you don't like paying for banking, go get a shovel and a mason jar or just put it in your mattress.