Banks begining to deny use of ATM overseas

[Nervous_Dog]

i.e. local WHERE?

[unit731]

Called bank.

 

Only three countries are now denied:

 

1. Romania

2. Ukraine

3. Spain

[Nervous_Dog]

OK - Where is the bank that is doing this? Thailand USA Canada UK Europe?

 

DOG

[unit731]

The bank.

 

Local small 4 branch bank. North America.

 

I telephone customer service. They did not know what I was talking about. They had to ask internally. This is when they came back with the three countries mentioned above.

 

Just checking if this is just a local thing or a wider trend.

[frogpatrol]

Goodness - like trying to pull teeth to get that answer, and we still only have you down to North America!

 

You should be a politician or lawyer

 

Why the secrecy about the bank name/country?

 

Anyhow, just to throw in my 2 cents, I always get calls from my USA credit card companies when I charge in BKK, but have never gotten a call from a bank.

 

Worth monitoring, though, as global ATMs are now the main way to access money abroad for many people.

[unit731]

Yes, it is like pulling teeth.

 

Name, rank, and serial number. That's it.

 

But it is not your bank as I know everyone here who travels to Taiwan (Thailand) as all here are geographically challenged.

 

After my trips, I always get the question from someone local who asks: "Why do you travel to Taiwan?".

[Nervous_Dog]

WEll thank god it's a american bank, with the term local bank I was thinking thailand and god knows what everyother poster was thinking/

 

Unit, there are more than Yankees on the list mate!

 

DOG

[cavanami]

My bank, back in the USA. I have a "special" account there where I can get free T/Cs, as long as I keep like a $10K balance in the account.

 

Bank Financial, Chicago area. (www.bankfinancial.com).

 

Maybe other banks do the same in the USA?

[cavanami]

One thing, you have a limit as to how much money you can carry into Thailand, like $10K???

 

Yes, a lot of signing to cash $20K in T/Cs. I have had to sign checks several times but now when I get T/C issued, the scribble my signature and do the same when I cash in Thailand. The bank I go to knows me as I have been going there for 10+ years, but get the occasional hassle.

 

I have sent bank checks to Thailand some years back (5+) but they usually took about three weeks to clear, but an easy/quick way to get money here and into an account.

 

If you can open an account here and wire xfer the $$$ in, that would be a nice option. I have wire xfr'd money here before and it works fine.

 

With the USD so low (38.415) you might wait and earn a few extra baht once (if) the USD gets stronger.

 

Cheers! ::

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cavanami said:

My bank, back in the USA. I have a "special" account there where I can get free T/Cs, as long as I keep like a $10K balance in the account.

 

Bank Financial, Chicago area. (www.bankfinancial.com).

 

Maybe other banks do the same in the USA?

 

Commerce Bank in NY & NJ give free Amex Trav Checks for customers over 55 years old.