RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Beginning today, credit union members whose institutions participate in the surcharge free CO-OP Network will be able to get surcharge free access to their ATMs at 321 Costco Wholesale warehouses around the country, the network said.

"While more than 80% of CO-OP Network transactions are performed at credit union ATMs, our members have asked us to create strategic partnerships with retail chains, where their cardholders already conduct business day-to-day," said Stan Hollen, President/CEO, CO-OP Financial Services, the parent CUSO for CO-OP Network. "We started by providing surcharge-free ATM access at 5,500 7-Eleven locations across the country, a relationship we began two years ago that now produces more than two million transactions every month."

Hollen said that the new relationship deepens the ties between CO-OP and Cardtronics, the firm which also operates 7-11′s ATMs and that he expected the 7-11 ATMs to begin accepting deposits for CO-OP as well.