Philouis Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Can any knowledgable person inform me if it is possible to use a English bank service card into cash point machine in France and obtain Euros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yes (up to whatever daily limits your bank operates) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Absolutely; it's the only way we use to pay money into our French bank account to pay bills, direct debits etc. It got a bit tricky when sterling dropped rapidly, trying to stay one step ahead when withdrawing money from the ATM; we kept having to request smaller amounts than we were used to!Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 [quote user="Philouis"]Can any knowledgable person inform me if it is possible to use a English bank service card into cash point machine in France and obtain Euros?[/quote]Assuming that the card carries a Visa/Maestro/Mastercard or whatever symbol, then yes. There used to be a few cards that could not be used in this way: I suspect that the only ones that fall into this category now would be restricted to some of the "basic bank accounts" that certain banks provide (under sufferance), not their normal offerings.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I'm sorry but I don't really know what a 'bank service card' is [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Unless you are very lucky in your choice of card you will be shafted 4% points on the exchange rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 [quote user="AnOther"]I'm sorry but I don't really know what a 'bank service card' is [blink][/quote]Hence my comment: I remember that there used to be cards that could only be used with the ATMs of the particular bank and which were not part of any other network.[quote user="Anton Redman"]Unless you are very lucky in your choice ofcard you will be shafted 4% points on the exchange rate.[/quote]The Nationwide's debit card being one of the few that do not charge commission or punitive exchange rates.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 "Hence my comment"I appreciate that Pickles and wasn't criticising your response but was trying to make the point that until we know what the frankly odd term 'bank service card' actually means then the answers could be semi hypothetical.Is it a bird, is it a plane nooooooo, it's.............................?[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Some of us understood it. At least one of the major UK banks uses the term 'servicecard' - see http://www.natwest.com/personal/current-accounts/g4/cards/yourcard.ashxAs far as NatWest is concerned, Servicecard refers to the Maestro card, which is being replaced by the Visa debit card. The way the Maestro card could be used abroad was heavily publicised a few years ago. Remember the penguins in the TV ads? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u0q05qRn1k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Completely new term to me I'm afraid Will [8-)]Had I been asking such a question I think I would have said 'can I use my XYZ bank/building society debit/credit/WHY card' but there you go, be a poor old world if we were al the same wouldn't it [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yes, AnO, I'd probably do the same. But I got the impression, and it could well be a completely wrong one, that English ,might not be the first language of the person who asked the original question. So he/she may have simply referred to a bit of the bank's literature. Interestingly the paperwork received with my last NatWest card still used the work 'servicecard' in one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philouis Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Thank you everyone. I am now off to town and will spend, spend, spend until all of my bank balance ie €22 is used up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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