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quiksilver
Joined: 11 Sep 2004
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| My KbStar Card still works like a charm. It's worked for 11 months now. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| I received a new bank card from KEB today. The lady told me that it worked overseas and it has a PLUS symbol on it. If it doesn't work, i will have to use my TD card from back home and get killed on the currency exchanges. |
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merrilee
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:24 am Post subject: KEB |
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I have an international KEB card and got a new one less than 2 months ago. I used it a few days ago in America, so it does work internationally.
That said, I have to get the stupid thing replaced every few months, because the magnetic strip stops working after being used on average about 10 times. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I love your hair. |
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hari seldon
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
ok people how about some updates!!
I have been to HANA BANK, HSBC, KB, KEB, NONHYUP,
hana and keb said YES we will give you international debit card. I signed up with their bank.. then I get a phone call 30 minutes later saying. ohh sorry to imform you but you cant have an international debit card!
the other banks said NO...
so does anyone have an international DEBIT card that works?
or has anyone signed up for a card in the last month or two..
I also heard all international cards which were issued to foreigners in the past will be terminated once the expire dates arrive and will not be allowed to get another card..
so some of you guys with certain banks are lucky but once your expire dates come ITS GAME OVER. they say.. THIS IS BS!!
so whats new here.. |
I think the OP and most of the posters to this thread were trying to obtain international ATM cards, not international debit or check cards. It used to be easy to get an international ATM card from Kookmin Bank but they changed the rules so many of us have switched to Korean Exchange Bank. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| hari seldon wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
ok people how about some updates!!
I have been to HANA BANK, HSBC, KB, KEB, NONHYUP,
hana and keb said YES we will give you international debit card. I signed up with their bank.. then I get a phone call 30 minutes later saying. ohh sorry to imform you but you cant have an international debit card!
the other banks said NO...
so does anyone have an international DEBIT card that works?
or has anyone signed up for a card in the last month or two..
I also heard all international cards which were issued to foreigners in the past will be terminated once the expire dates arrive and will not be allowed to get another card..
so some of you guys with certain banks are lucky but once your expire dates come ITS GAME OVER. they say.. THIS IS BS!!
so whats new here.. |
I think the OP and most of the posters to this thread were trying to obtain international ATM cards, not international debit or check cards. It used to be easy to get an international ATM card from Kookmin Bank but they changed the rules so many of us have switched to Korean Exchange Bank. |
yeah A debit card is an ATM card.
I went to KEB and they said no.. you are not allowed to withdraw your money abroad becuase you are a foreigner! |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
ok people how about some updates!!
I have been to HANA BANK, HSBC, KB, KEB, NONHYUP,
hana and keb said YES we will give you international debit card. I signed up with their bank.. then I get a phone call 30 minutes later saying. ohh sorry to imform you but you cant have an international debit card!
the other banks said NO...
so does anyone have an international DEBIT card that works?
or has anyone signed up for a card in the last month or two..
I also heard all international cards which were issued to foreigners in the past will be terminated once the expire dates arrive and will not be allowed to get another card..
so some of you guys with certain banks are lucky but once your expire dates come ITS GAME OVER. they say.. THIS IS BS!!
so whats new here.. |
My Nonghyup International Debit & Cash card (ie International ATM card) is still working in NZ as of last week. That card doesn't have an expiry date on it. |
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pet lover
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: not in Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| My mother just took out more than a thousand dollars using my KB Star international ATM card two days ago. Mine is still working. Maybe it's because I've had the account for more than a year already? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| wow...i have an account with KEB bank. I DID get an international card. Dude...(the one they said no to) they may not like you.....You can get one. I just got one 2 weeks ago. |
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hari seldon
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:29 am Post subject: |
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I didn't have any problem getting an international ATM card today at KEB.
It says cash/debit card on the front and on the back there's a PLUS logo. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: |
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I spoke to the KEB head office today..
and they said they would give me a card which has PLUS on it so it can be used anywhere to withdraw money out..
then I say to the girl.. WELL.. does this mean I can withdraw money overseas from an ATM???
hold please!
5 minutes later..
sorry to have wasted your time..
NO the card will not work overseas! only in korea!!
so whats the PLUS for then!>?????
for use in korea..
WHATEVER!!
Ive given up...
im just gonna have my girl get a check card and a debit card in her name for overseas and I will just use her card!!! |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| My Hana Bank and my Nonghyup Bank International cards, as I said, have worked in North America and all over Asia. Hana is Visa Plus, Nonghyup is Maestro and Cirrus. Go get one. |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Just got back from China...
KEB card worked... KB card didnt. |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:07 am Post subject: |
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I successfully used my Nong Hyup international card yesterday in Singapore. First time I've tried to use it, so hopefully it keeps on working.
Got it about 2 months ago. Initially I was told they didn't do international cards at all, but I really pressed the matter, and the teller got flustered and someone else (her superior?) arrived, and he told me that I could have one. Took quite a while for them to issue it though, I live in a really rural small town and they had to go into the bowels of the bank to even find one, it was covered in dust, and all scratched, so that's why I was extremely dubious as to whether it would work at all. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Just back from CAnada today, and the KEB card worked fine. I think the problem IG is having is tied to the debit thing. I've always understood debit to mean I could go to a shop, buy stuff, wave my card and have the funds withdrawn from my account that day- nothing to do with using it ATMs.
I don't think Korea has this system just yet ( oddly enough), so perhaps that's why they're getting confused? |
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