Originally Posted by
iahphx
I think it's fairly well known that using Western-issued ATM cards in China can sometimes be problematic -- even if the ATM machine has "your logo" (like Maestro) on it. I've had some problems in the past, but was always able to find a Bank of China machine that worked for me.
Can anyone give me an update on the ATM situation. I assume Bank of China is still almost a "sure thing"? What about other major banks that work? And what's the option of last resort: do I still need to bring some US dollars, just in case?
Thanks.
Maybe it depends where you are going? I visit Shanghai regularly and have taken money out of just about every bank's ATM and never had a problem.
The only difficulty I have come across is that some banks have a transaction limit... at the Agriculatural Bank it was RMB1000... although strangely enough it allowed me to do two consecutive transactions of 1000 each (didn't even have to take the card out!).
But yeah - bank of China is ok, as are all the major internationals.