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chance2005



Joined: 03 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:30 am    Post subject: International ATM Reply with quote

Is it possible to withdraw money from an American bank account with an American ATM card from ATM machine in Korea? Has anyone done this?
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ilovebdt



Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know about an American card, but I used my British ATM card with no problems in Korea.
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, at KEB.
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ilovebdt



Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definately KEB and the orange coloured bank.
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:35 am    Post subject: Re: International ATM Reply with quote

chance2005 wrote:
Is it possible to withdraw money from an American bank account with an American ATM card from ATM machine in Korea? Has anyone done this?


The cards work - do you have the money? Wink
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wspark



Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul --> Melbourne

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:18 am    Post subject: Re: International ATM Reply with quote

chance2005 wrote:
Is it possible to withdraw money from an American bank account with an American ATM card from ATM machine in Korea? Has anyone done this?


Depends on which banks you go to, but enough of the ATM's take international cards to make it convenient enough.
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dulouz



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea, the two big ATM networks, Cirrus and Plus are here and provided you have one of those two stamps on yor card, you should be OK.
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SweetLou



Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Location: mt. bu

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the machines inside of GS/LG25 also allow you to do it, and possibly MiniStop and Family Mart as well. Look for "hannet" machines in these convenience stores and subways.
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chance2005



Joined: 03 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dulouz wrote:
Yea, the two big ATM networks, Cirrus and Plus are here and provided you have one of those two stamps on yor card, you should be OK.

Do you need a special pin number for international withdrawals or is it just like withdrawing back home albeit with higher transaction fees. My wife is in Korea now, and was unable to withdraw from Plus machine though we have such a stamp on the back of the card.
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Lizara



Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know about Americans, but my Canadian card is kind of hit and miss in that a lot of machines that have the Cirrus or Plus sign won't accept it, but some will, and it seems kind of random which ones do or don't. I've had success with the ones in Itaewon and Yeoksam stations, and some machines at Citibank.
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dulouz



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The PIN remains the same however, the service is spotty. I used to rely on my USA cards for money but it was a bad idea. You need to pick out a reliable machine and use that one. The machine mistakes are on the Korean side I'm certain.
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koldijk



Joined: 24 Sep 2003
Location: ULSAN

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:50 am    Post subject: international ATM? Reply with quote

i have a european card and i am really wondering if i can use it here... i have some network which no one will probably know... i still have an account with "sparkasse" duesseldorf... has anyone tried to use a european card and if so where?

i'll try KB star sometime....

martijn

www.geocities.com/koldijk
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fancypants



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lizara wrote:
I don't know about Americans, but my Canadian card is kind of hit and miss in that a lot of machines that have the Cirrus or Plus sign won't accept it, but some will, and it seems kind of random which ones do or don't. I've had success with the ones in Itaewon and Yeoksam stations, and some machines at Citibank.


yeah i find that too with my canadian bank card.

it's even harder to get a cash advance at an ATM from a credit card! the only ATMs that seem to work are those crappy NICE ATMs in the subway, and only about one out of five actually work. once i had to travel to 6 different stations in a northerly direction on the olive line, hopping turnstiles in my bathroom slippers and my pink toiletry basket at each one to get some cash to pay for the sauna. tough times, those.
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