Debit Card Use for Gas Gets Complicated

KOAT -TV - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Many gas stations around town are putting holds of more than $100 on debit card accounts when people fill up. Mylea Perry, said she was on her way to work when she realized she was low on gas. She said she filled up $5.45 of gas at a Chevron gas station on Isleta Boulevard. She said she later found out that $126 had been put on hold in her bank account.
"When you're going to the gas station, I don't think anyone has the slightest idea someone is going to reach into your bank account, take that kind of money and hold it for three days," Perry said. Perry said she couldn't even fit $126 worth of gas in her car. Chevron said it is policy to hold $126 for any debit card purchase at the pump. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Debit Card Use for Gas Gets Complicated