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Old Nov 2, 2017 | 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by kayanco
Follow up question for those who use the Charles Schwab or TD Bank debit card, due to no international fees, is that the same as having a debit card from a local bank?

Since you can withdraw local currency using these cards (with no additional fees), I'm thinking that would be the same as having a local debit card in that country?

Thoughts?
Not quite. Some countries use Maestro/V PAY instead of Visa/MC for their debit cards, so those two could still have acceptance problems.
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