The 70,000-member, $1.7 billion TechnologyCredit Union in San Jose, Calif., and Houston-based Cardtronics Inc., thelargest independent ATM deployer in the country, have teamed up tolet members know about fee-free ATMs that they might bemissing.

Dubbed FeeAlert, the Cardtronics program takes data fromparticipating Tech CU members' ATM use and then sends the membersan email if they pay a fee at an ATM which charges one.

Cardtronics is the parent company of the Allpoint Network, anationwide system of fee-free ATMs in which Tech CUparticipates.

If a Tech CU member who is auto enrolled in the program pays afee for ATM use, the ATM use data is sent to the FeeFree platformwhich then generates an email to the member that alerts them, usinggeo-location information, of fee-free ATMs that were close by andwhich might be used instead in the future.

“Tech CU is always looking for ways we can use technology tosave our members time and money—and FeeAlert from Cardtronics is agreat example,” said Joe Anzalone, chief banking officer for TechCU. “An easy-to-use, unobtrusive use of a smart technology,FeeAlert helps to further improve the Tech CU bankingexperience.”

Rick Updyke, president, North America Business Group, forCardtronics, said, “FeeAlert can't read minds, but it can sendhelpful reminders after a transaction, giving cardholders anopportunity to save the fee the next time around.”