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Apr 4, 2010 | 7:11 am

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Originally Posted by jasonvr

I just stumbled across some advice that states your pin must be 4 digits (not a problem) and shouldn't start with zero. Has anyone actually had a problem with PINs that start with zero? I have a BofA bank account and would plan on using ATMs within the Global Alliance (Barclays and BNP) and hope that I won't need to use an ATM in Italy (since there are no member banks that that waive the ATM fee).

I have both a credit and a debit card (both UK issued by UK banks) whose 4 digit PINs start with zero (and indeed end with zero), and have had no problems using these in EU & US.

YMMV, but you should have no problem.

And, P.S., my PINs are not 0000 !!

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