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.
A fee or other charge that is added to the cost of a good or service. A surcharge is typically added to an existing tax, and may not be included in the stated price of a good or service. It may be a temporary measure to defray the cost of increased commodity pricing, such as with a fuel surcharge, or it may be permanent.
Nationally, ATM surcharges average $1.23 per transaction and the most common surcharge is $1, according to a recent survey by a consumer group, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPirg). USPirg also estimates that ATM surcharges add $2.5 to $3 billion to banksâ annual fee income nationwide.