I am going to Europe (France, UK, Spain, Italy etc) using a fee free debit card and I want to know which banks do not charge fees for ATM withdrawals. Any advice/tips to save on currency conversion would be appreciated.
Thanks!
European ATM Fee Free Banks
iceteacake on 17/02/2023 - 14:31
Last edited 17/02/2023 - 14:32
Last edited 17/02/2023 - 14:32
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ING is the only one that will cover you for international ATM operator fees.
Citibank have plenty of fee free ram partners too, but not the non-bank atm chains like euronet.
On 5 ATM rebates per month if you meet their criteria.
Might surprise you but googling "international fee free debit card" shows many options
I think they're wondering about the operator-charged ATM fees and only ING rebates those.
I don’t think you understand what I wrote. I was asking which European Banks offer “FEE FREE” ATM withdrawals as my card is already a “FEE FREE” debit card. Might as well try googling aye!
You need to say the name of your card - it varies.
ING and then you can use any ATM. Also, press "credit" when withdrawing, or making purchases for that matter.
If the ATM itself is going to charge a fee, it will tell you this and ask you to confirm before it proceeds. So just try every ATM, see how it does and if it says it’ll charge a fee, cancel. And make a mental note of which brands do what.
In the UK, typically ATMs that belong to banks won’t charge a fee (and will usually have “free withdrawals” written on the machine), but those dodgy random ones will.
Your bank is a different story as people have outlined above.
This was my experience with a Citibank card in Italy, Germany,Austria, Czechia, Poland and Hungary last year.
ING also saved me a lot when purchasing flight tickets with currency conversion rebate.
I would imagine it depends on your bank account…. ask the bank?