NEW YORK - Can’t find an ATM from your bank nearby? Keep walking, unless you want to pay higher fees.

An annual survey released Wednesday by Bankrate.com found the average ATM fee for non-customers rose 12.6 percent this year to $2.22.

You’ll likely get dinged by your own bank, too. The average fee banks charge customers for using another bank’s ATM is $1.32. That fee, however, dropped from $1.46 in 2008, as some banks reduced or waived it.

About 72 percent of banks now charge customers a fee for using an ATM from a different bank, according to the Bankrate survey. Nearly all banks charge non-customers for using their ATMs.

The average fee for a bounced check, meanwhile, rose …

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