I have a debit card from a U.S. bank. The bank knows that I am in France and will be using ATMs in France. I tried to withdraw $500 this weekend, but the ATM would only allow me to withdraw $300. I called my bank and asked them to allow me to withdraw up to $1000 per day, which they said that they would do and the change would be effective within an hour.
The next day, I went to the same ATM to withdraw more money and it wouldn't even allow me to withdraw $300. I'm going to call my bank again, but I wanted to find out if anyone else had had this problem and if it could be the ATM that is causing the problem. Do some French banks put a limit on how much a person can withdraw from an ATM weekly?
My credit and debit cards won't work for some online purchases either, even though I notified both the cc company and my bank that I'd be making large purchases from French stores. Now I'm kind of afraid to use my debit or credit card at brick & mortar stores, too, for fear that my cards will be declined. Kind of want to avoid any potential embarrassment. Not sure how I'm going to buy the bed and couch that I need...Yikes.
The next day, I went to the same ATM to withdraw more money and it wouldn't even allow me to withdraw $300. I'm going to call my bank again, but I wanted to find out if anyone else had had this problem and if it could be the ATM that is causing the problem. Do some French banks put a limit on how much a person can withdraw from an ATM weekly?
My credit and debit cards won't work for some online purchases either, even though I notified both the cc company and my bank that I'd be making large purchases from French stores. Now I'm kind of afraid to use my debit or credit card at brick & mortar stores, too, for fear that my cards will be declined. Kind of want to avoid any potential embarrassment. Not sure how I'm going to buy the bed and couch that I need...Yikes.