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not2017 Sep 14, 2021 1:45 pm

I don't think there is any CC with no AF that offers no foreign exchange fees and cash back.

You should be dealing with a private banker, who can open multiple accounts with no fees. Schwab, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, BofA, Citi and Chase all have accounts that you deposit 100-250K, and none of the accounts will have any fees whatsoever. After opening you can do all your banking on-line. But it sounds as if you do not want to go to a branch, which means your choices are very limited.

der_saeufer Sep 14, 2021 1:51 pm


Originally Posted by not2017 (Post 33567722)
I don't think there is any CC with no AF that offers no foreign exchange fees and cash back.

There are tons of those. A fair number of credit unions even have 2% cash back cards with no AF and no FTF--and no cash advance fee, which makes them a nice backup if your ATM card gets lost or damaged while traveling.

innesst Sep 14, 2021 8:49 pm

Betterment charges no ATM fee, refunds ATM fee charged by the ATM owner, and refunds 1% foreign transaction fee. Only works at ATMs that work on the Visa network.

zdcatc12 Sep 20, 2021 11:41 am


Originally Posted by saltytheseagull (Post 33565253)
Why do you need so many accounts?

To keep his six-figure investment portfolio in line.

inY Sep 21, 2021 4:55 am

Duplicate of this thread. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...m-fees-32.html .

I went with Betterment. It's really a repackaged NBKC account without the $12 limit on ATM reimbursement in exchange for giving the Betterment brokerage your transaction and personal data. Be warned though that they seem to only allow Plaid to link accounts for ACH because Betterment also wants to spy on your other accounts. Because plaid is a spyware company that stores your bank passwords, I can't actually use Betterment as a proper checking account and only use it for the debit card.

SoFi also rejected me for the Money account because their stupid ID system doesn't work. However, I was able to get a credit card from SoFi with a $30,000 limit and an investment account with SoFi for the sole purpose of cashing out the credit card rewards at 2%.

Shutdown from Schwab because i bought a house using that debit card.

Scifience Sep 29, 2021 12:41 pm

HSBC Premier has no foreign transaction fee. They are significantly reducing US operations, but are keeping high-value Premier customers.

jeff191 Sep 29, 2021 12:49 pm

Truist offers no ATM transaction fees for their premier clients. Think it only takes like $25K or a relationship with their Wealth Management group. It's a super regional bank so they only have branches in the Southeast US but believe they have a Wealth footprint through much of the US.

My wife works there and I used to so we had to open the account and found out that the debit card is actually quite handy. Only annoying issue is that the fee has to be separate line item on the transaction and they then refund it. But it's worked in every country we've tried it in and we've been refunded.

realgoose Oct 2, 2021 7:14 pm

Both exchange rates and fees need to be considered. When I withdraw cash from a foreign bank ATM, I compare the exchange rate I receive to the ‘midmarket rate’ for that time and date found at https://xe.com/currencycharts/ I use Fidelity and Schwab ATM cards for foreign withdrawals because they give me midmarket rates almost exactly and full ATM fee refunds.

ovacikar Oct 2, 2021 7:20 pm

Bank of America has fee free overseas ATM in select countries, member of global ATM alliance.
Wikipedia
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klew97 Oct 2, 2021 8:10 pm


Originally Posted by ovacikar (Post 33614597)
Bank of America has fee free overseas ATM in select countries, member of global ATM alliance.
Wikipedia
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BofA does charge a currency conversion fee, but does waive the non-BofA ATM fee for Global ATM Alliance members.

Visconti Oct 3, 2021 4:53 am


Originally Posted by realgoose (Post 33614588)
Both exchange rates and fees need to be considered. When I withdraw cash from a foreign bank ATM, I compare the exchange rate I receive to the ‘midmarket rate’ for that time and date found at https://xe.com/currencycharts/ I use Fidelity and Schwab ATM cards for foreign withdrawals because they give me midmarket rates almost exactly and full ATM fee refunds.

Likewise.

In addition, I prefer to always keep deposit accounts with token amounts, and only transfer funds over when I'm about to make an ATM withdrawal. On this account, at least via the respective apps, Fidelity seems to generally be instant, while Schwab has, on occasion, taken a day to post. But, I'll usually carry both to use at ATMs whenever traveling abroad.

mhdena Mar 27, 2024 10:49 am

So is Fidelity not charging a 1% visa fee when withdrawing cash from an ATM outside of the USA?

Also if anyone still has the original SoFi debit card, that's also foreign ATM refunding fees with no Visa fee? Similar to Schwab which doesn't have Visa fees and refunds ATM charges?


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