Ahead Financials, Cardtronics removing surcharge ATM fees

Ahead Financials, a digital banking and financial platform and a subsidiary of LendUp Global, had partnered with Cardtronics, a financial self-service ATM network provider, to give Ahead Visa Debit Card customers surcharge-free cash access through Cardtronics' Allpoint Network of ATMs, according to a press release.

"Partnering with Cardtronics underscores Ahead's commitment to helping consumers build their financial resilience and confidence with fee-free access to their hard-earned money in the digital—and now also the retail—locations that are most convenient to them," Anu Shultes, CEO of LendUp Global and Ahead Financials, said in the release.

Ahead provides the partnership with a digital banking app, deposit account, debit card, early access to payroll direct deposit, no-fee overdraft protection, financial health tools and more, without charging monthly service fees. Ahead Visa Debit Cardholders will now have access to surcharge-free cash at over 40,000 Cardtronics Allpoint ATMs in the U.S. and 55,000 worldwide. Consumers can find Allpoint ATMs in grocery and convenience stores, pharmacies and big-box stores.

"We are incredibly proud to work with Ahead to help provide their members with convenient and fee-free access to their cash, which is important to Ahead's vision of providing easy, convenient, and trusted financial services," Carter Hunt, managing director of North America for Cardtronics said in the release. "With this partnership, Ahead will be adding another layer of convenience and scale, and we are pleased to be part of providing that access."