ATM Question
 

Curious. When you make a overseas withdrawl using an ATM, particularly in Italy, will you get a mini-statement showing the balance in your account?

No.

Yes, you do. ATMs bbehave in two different ways: either they give you the statement on their own will or, most of them do it, as you if you want the "scontrino". If you answer yes you will receive it.

Thanks Alice. That's what I thought.

Hi<BR><BR>Sorry<BR><BR>You will only get your balance in Europe if you you use your own Banks machine.<BR><BR>Promise !<BR><BR>Peter<BR>http://tlp.netfirms.com/

You will get a receipt showing how much you withdrew if you tell it you want one. You won't get your account balance (except in the rare case of using the same bank you have at home).

I don't know about that -- I am almost positive I got my balance in Prague at an ATM and it was not my bank (which is nothing international, just a local state bank). It was last year so I could have details wrong, but I'm 99 pct sure because I remember the machine asked you if you wanted to check your balance--I pushed yes because I was just curious if it could do it from Prague, but it did. However, I found out after getting home I was charged an ATM fee for doing that, just like a withdrawal, it's considered a separate transaction and I sure didn't know that. That is why it sticks in my mind, though, because it cost me.

Just returned from Germany and Italy. We made 5 or 6 ATM withdrawals, none from our own bank. One bank in Germany provided the exchange rate and also gave us the acct. balance on our receipt. None of the others, which were all in Italy, did. Hope that helps. Dee

It really depends on the bank you go to. Most ATMs won't give you your balance, but then again...Your best bet is online banking, as all European countries have internet caf&eacute;s. <BR><BR>Bon voyage!

The vast majority of ATMs DO NOT provide account balances, but a few do. It mostly depends on if your bank is affiliated with the European bank. But even then you can't always get a balance. In the last 6 years (since I converted 100% from Travelers cks to ATMs) I have been able to get my balance probably 3 or 4 times out of about 150 withdrawals.