Close to home, your choice of ATM is likely to be heavily influenced by whether you can use it for free. Overseas, you’ll probably get slugged with a fee no matter which machine you use, so you might as well opt for convenience. ATM Hunter helps you find the nearest ATM by entering an address or using your GPS. More »
Diving onto the nearest ATM regardless of brand can be tempting when you need cash in a hurry, but you’ll invariably end up paying $2 or more for the privilege. Dodge fees with our guide to which ATMs your bank lets you use for nothing. More »
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank and Suncorp this week rolled out their joint ATM network of 2,000 machines. The useful upshot? If you’re a customer of either bank, you’ll get fee-free ATM access at rather more locations, an issue which is clearly dear to the hearts of many Lifehacker readers. [Bendigo Bank via ZDNet]
If you’ve seen warnings about ATM “skimmers”—data-reading devices added onto machines by thieves—you might be wondering how you could tell if one’s been rigged up to where you’re about to insert your card. The Consumerist blog hosts a PDF copy of a PowerPoint explainer from an Australian security firm. It might not cover what your specific bank’s teller machines should look like, but it does point to warning signs to look out for—like the flashing lights on a card feeder being obscured. [Consumerist]
Visa’s ATM Locator finds and lists ATMs in your area and displays them on a Microsoft Virtual Earth mashup. The site could be a bit more user-friendly, but the results are fast and could come in particularly handy if you’re in unfamiliar territory (it covers ATMs globally, as we’ve mentioned before). Give it a try for your neighborhood and let us know how accurate the results look—or if you’re aware of a better alternative—in the comments.
ATM Locator [via MakeUseOf]
