Thank you for the reply. I had seen that article, but wasn't sure that she had used a maestro foreign debit card? I understand that in most places that actually take Mastercard an American debit card would run as credit, but these terminals don't seem to support that at all. So, although I doubt it, I was wondering whether anyone knew if an American debit card with a maestro symbol would deduct the money and give the merchants immediate credit the same as making a withdrawal from a maestro ATM? My verdict if I had to make a guess would be that it would fail because European terminals wouldn't talk to non-European banks.