Best card for foreign exchange?
Oct 20, 2006 | 7:02 am
#826
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 8,688
Originally Posted by CLELOSER
What foreign exchange fee does HSBC charge using an HSBC debit card? I travel to Melbourne, Australia alot and thats about the only bank I recognize.
There are plenty of smaller banks that charge 0-1% for withdrawals at any compatible ATM overseas, however. So I wouldn't open an HSBC account just because there are HSBC branches in Oz (although if you're traveling there regularly, it certainly wouldn't hurt to have as a backup).
Oct 22, 2006 | 8:35 am
#827
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 221
From my Citibank statement issued today:
Foreign Transactions (Point of Sale, ATM, and Other transactions):
Effective December 2nd, 2006, we will impose a transaction charge equal to 3% of
the transaction amount (including credit and reversals) for each transaction
(U.S. or foreign currency) that you conduct outside the 50 United States or Puerto
Rico other than cash withdrawals at Citibank ATMs, which will not be subject to a
transaction charge.
Effective December 2nd, 2006, we will impose a transaction charge equal to 3% of
the transaction amount (including credit and reversals) for each transaction
(U.S. or foreign currency) that you conduct outside the 50 United States or Puerto
Rico other than cash withdrawals at Citibank ATMs, which will not be subject to a
transaction charge.
Oct 22, 2006 | 1:48 pm
#828
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: US expat somewhere south of Valpo, Shiiile
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Citibank
Oct 22, 2006 | 2:34 pm
#829
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: ord -n- mdw
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Originally Posted by Viajero Perpetuo
they are a few extra that are not on this list....for south america, blockbuster typically has citibank atms in a few of their branches.
this info can be accessed by searching for the webpage for the citibank of the particular country of your choice.
Oct 22, 2006 | 8:02 pm
#830
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 419
So why all the advertising for CITI
If you ever been to SYD all the jetways have large CITIBANK advertisements on them, yet there is only one Citibank branch in Australia according to their website.
Oct 22, 2006 | 8:44 pm
#831
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Originally Posted by CLELOSER
If you ever been to SYD all the jetways have large CITIBANK advertisements on them, yet there is only one Citibank branch in Australia according to their website.
http://www.citibank.com.au/portal/ci...amevar1=workID
But what I haven't been able to find is a list of Citibank ATMs in Australia...
Oct 23, 2006 | 12:03 am
#832
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 1,620
Originally Posted by milksheikh
There are a few more than that:
http://www.citibank.com.au/portal/ci...amevar1=workID
But what I haven't been able to find is a list of Citibank ATMs in Australia...
http://www.citibank.com.au/portal/ci...amevar1=workID
But what I haven't been able to find is a list of Citibank ATMs in Australia...
http://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/p...05/051212b.htm
with a goodly number of the ATMs located in Westfield shopping centers.
Oct 23, 2006 | 8:29 pm
#833
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Originally Posted by CLELOSER
If you ever been to SYD all the jetways have large CITIBANK advertisements on them, yet there is only one Citibank branch in Australia according to their website.
...not only SYD, but other Australian airports as well.
Oct 23, 2006 | 9:57 pm
#834
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 419
Citibank can't afford web developers????
if you use this.....http://www.citi.com/locations/ap/ap.htm
you come up with 1 location in all of Australia.
you come up with 1 location in all of Australia.
Oct 24, 2006 | 5:44 pm
#835
In memoriam
Join Date: Jan 2006
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I looked at the Citi web site. It appears that it is not too reliable in locating Citi ATMs. Don't they know where they are?
Oct 24, 2006 | 8:17 pm
#836
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Location: US expat somewhere south of Valpo, Shiiile
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Originally Posted by biggestbopper
I looked at the Citi web site. It appears that it is not too reliable in locating Citi ATMs. Don't they know where they are?
http://www.citibank.cl/chile/laclgl/...ces/atmdir.htm
I also uncovered a banking relationship between Citibank Chile and another entity within Chile and will explore if these additional ATMs will be considered "Citibank ATMs" for Citibank USA purposes when the day comes.
Regards
Oct 24, 2006 | 8:33 pm
#837
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: ny, ny
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Posts: 181
Commerce Bank, which seems to be a Northeast/Mid-Atlantic bank, absorbs the 1% Visa fee, so charging on their card offers a commission-free foreign transaction.
Oct 24, 2006 | 10:24 pm
#838
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10
Originally Posted by damonfu
Commerce Bank, which seems to be a Northeast/Mid-Atlantic bank, absorbs the 1% Visa fee, so charging on their card offers a commission-free foreign transaction.
Oct 25, 2006 | 6:04 am
#839
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: ny, ny
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nothing appeared on a couple of statements -- it had used to be 1% -- so I emailed to ask. was told that they now absorb it
Oct 25, 2006 | 6:24 am
#840
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Originally Posted by damonfu
nothing appeared on a couple of statements -- it had used to be 1% -- so I emailed to ask. was told that they now absorb it