Darden Expanding ATM Network for Payroll Cards

The parent company of the Olive Garden restaurant chain plans June 1 to expand by 29,000 the number of automated teller machines that accept its employees’ payroll cards without charging a fee, a spokesman for the Orlando, Fla.-based chain told Bloomberg BNA May 12.

Darden Restaurants Inc.'s hourly workers currently have the option of using the employer-issued prepaid debit cards at more than 50,000 ATMs nationwide at no charge, company spokesman Rich Jeffers said. “We’re increasing that number to 79,000 on June 1,” he said.

Also effective June 1, Darden workers who use payroll cards will no longer be charged ...