The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
Surcharges as Convenience Fees One surcharge experienced by many consumers are ATM fees associated with using a particular networkâs ATM. The ATM surcharge is most often levied by the bank or other institution that owns and operates the machine, and is generally listed as a set dollar amount per transaction.
Both convenience fees and surcharges serve the same purpose, which is to discourage consumers from paying by credit card and to offset the fees that credit card companies charge payees to process credit card payments. charge assessed by a payee when a consumer pays with a credit card rather than by check or Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer. Convenience fees can be a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of the transaction amount (usually 2% to 3%) and must be disclosed to the consumer in advance.