What fees do banks pay to connect to ATM networks or per ATM transaction?

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Faisal Khan

Answered 01/May/2015

It depends which part of the world you are in and how the interbank network connectivity arrangements are handled. Most banks pay a membership fees to connect to a network (this is a flat fee). Sometimes banks prefer to connect to multiple networks for sake of redundancy.

Almost all the banks pay a per transfer fees. The fees is highly depended on how and where the ATM network is being accessed. Universally the fees is anywhere from 5 cents to 10 cents - and hovers in between. ATM end-points charge typically anywhere from 50 cents to $1 for each transactions. Cross-border or cross-network fees can be as high as $2.50 per transaction.

This fees is paid by the person who is conducting the transaction on the network. The Interbank network operator then settled with the transacted parties on a daily/weekly/monthly basis (again depended on where in the world you are operating).

The largest Interbank network is PLUS (by VISA): Plus (interbank network) followed by Cirrus: Cirrus (interbank network) - they each have over 1+ Million ATMs connected to their network.

Other notable players are: Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN), NYCE, Euronet, Pulse, Link (UK), Interac (Canada), etc.