RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO of the popular credit union owned CO-OP Network, has run an half page advertisement in USA Today touting credit unions' surcharge free ATMs as a reason for CU membership.

Titled "Why Pay Banks $3?" the half-page ad encourages consumers to "experience the credit union difference" by joining one of the 2,000 CO-OP Network member credit unions to gain access to 25,000 surcharge- free ATMs nationally.

"The public does not have to pay surcharges, although many banks would like you to believe otherwise," says Stan Hollen, president/CEO of CO-OP Financial Services. "In fact, credit union members have access to a surcharge-free ATM network that is larger than any bank offers, and it's time everybody becomes aware of this fact."

"CO-OP exists to support the credit union movement, and part of our charter is to extol the virtues of our industry on a local and national scale. USA Today, which recently ran an article erroneously claiming Bank of America has the largest ATM network in the country, has a readership of more than 2 million, and we felt obligated to set the record straight."

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