HOUSTON – Cardtronics, the biggest ATM switch for credit unions, yesterday said it signed with Harris Teeter to brand ATMs in as many as 100 of the company’s upscale supermarkets.
Under the deal, Cardtronics has initially installed 100 company-owned and -operated ATMs for Harris Teeter in Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Cardtronics also gets the exclusive right to install ATMs in new Harris Teeter stores, as well as to transition all existing non-bank branch cash machines at Harris Teeter stores to Cardtronics’ ATMs over time.
Prior to establishing a long-term ATM services agreement with Cardtronics, Harris Teeter offered its customers ATM access in more than 90 of its locations, with the cash machines supported by multiple financial institutions and ATM deployers. As part of an initiative to quickly extend ATM access across its entire chain of grocery stores, Harris Teeter selected Cardtronics as its single-source partner to facilitate the rapid expansion into 100 additional locations – while also providing a consistent ATM experience for customers.
All 100 recently installed Cardtronics-owned, Harris Teeter-located ATMs have been folded into Cardtronics’ surcharge-free Allpoint Network and become part of the company’s inventory of brand-able retail ATMs.
Cardtronics is a critical electronic funds transfer switch for credit unions, with connections to CO-OP Financial Services, Credit Union 24 and Financial Service Centers Cooperative shared branch network.
