You don’t need it usually, all city services accepted payment cards so far. However, so far I’ve encountered two problems. The first one was while going for a hike and the parking did not have any parking meter but it had a sign saying you have to “Vipps” 50 NOK to a specific account and add your plate number as a message and this is normal from what I’ve gathered from the locals. Unfortunately, you can not get Vipps without having a Norwegian personal number. Fortunately I had some cash and we managed to find a person willing to pay it for us. The other problem occurred when I was trying to buy second hand items on finn.no where people usually just Vipps each other but I had to pay in cash. I will share any new findings for future Norway expats as I am staying for my Erasmus until December.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us @mijalapenos. Really appreciate it.
SG | Community Team
August 2023:
In Botswana, I beleive all ATM don’t charge fees, but I can confirm FNB, Standard Chartered, Bank of Baroda and Access (refused metal MC but accepted Visa). I recommend Bank of Baroda because of higher limit (BWP 4000), but the most common is FNB with BWP 2500 limit per withdraw.
Also you should review Austria, I get charged in Raiffeisen, Erst Bank and Unicredit, so far in Austria I can only withdraw in the ATMs in Spar (don’t know to who they belong).
Hello I made a review of Turkish bank in Istanbul with MC and Visa (exactly the same each time):
KuveytTürk: OK
Halkbank : OK
Akbank: 6.5%
Türkiye bankasi: 7%
Debizbank: 7%
Garanti BBVA: 8%
TEB: 8%
Yapikredi: no foreign card
Qnb: no foreign card
AlBaraka: No foreign card
For the “No foreign card” this is only that an error occurred (not working foreign card in turkey is common.
Welcome to our community @alkino .
Thank you for sharing these much details with us. It will help our other users.
SG | Community Team
Hi Team free withdrawals!!
This weekend I was in Belgrade, Serbia. Addiko bank was charging a fee of 190 RSD, so they can be removed from the list.
Welcome to our community @Emilio1. Thank you so much for letting us know about Addiko Bank. Keep exploring our community.
SG | Community Team
Does anyone know fee free ATMs in Bangkok , or Thailand in general? Thanks
@metalforeverornot Unfortunately, there are none fee free atms for foreign cards like revolut in Thailand. Most charge 220baht fixed fee. AEON Bank atms charge 150baht fixed fee.
I was in Turkey in July confirm Halkbank was free and can also add ING and PTT (Post Office) were free.
Welcome back to our community @badskittler.
Thanks for sharing the details @moon @badskittler.
SG | Community Team
13/09/2023 can confirm that in Bulgaria - DSK Bank doesn’t charge any fee.
Welcome to our community @Midas . Thank you for sharing this one. Keep exploring our community.
SG | Community Team
Armenia - AmeriaBank and IDBank free of charge with MasterCard, Sept 2023
Hello everyone! I will be visiting Albania in a couple of weeks. Does anyone know the best way to get some cash? Exchanging Euros in a particular booth? Withdrawing a large sum from a particular ATM? Which bank seems to apply the lowest fee as of now?