On November 2, 1999, the citizens of San Francisco, CA voted to prohibit banks from levying surcharges on non-customers using their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), approving the measure, 66 percent to 34 percent. Santa Monica, CA approved a similar measure several weeks earlier. As the case pended in federal court, two of the largest banks in California, Bank of America and Well Fargo, which own...

This week's In the News looks at the debate between the banks and credit unions over the issues of membership. The nine resources discussed provide background information about the debate and the arguments from both sides of the issue. On February 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the National Credit Union Administration's policy of permitting federal credit unions to serve multiple unrelated...