ausibattler Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Anyone had experience of using a French (C.A.) debit card (Mastercard) in a non EU, ATM machine to obtain local currency? If so what charges/exchange rate do the French banks charge?What daily limits are applied?Is this a better option to travellers cheques?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Rates and fees for foreign currency exchange withdrawals vary by bank and card. Have you tried calling the customer service number on the back of your card and asking those questions? Or going directly to your local bank?Generally, one would expect the exchange rates would be the current interbank rate + whatever percentage CA adds + whatever percentage MC adds (generally 3%, I think) + whatever flat fee CA adds for withdrawals from anything but their own bank terminals.All that notwithstanding, debit card withdrawals may still be the cheaper option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 You can find the card fees and charges on the CA account tariff which you will find [url=http://www.ca-cmds.fr/tarifs-particuliers-quotidien.html]HERE[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 But only valid for CM and DS.Other banks in the CA group may have differnet charges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausibattler Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Thanks people.Andy what is a CM and DS?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Charente Maritime/Deux Sevres?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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