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Author Topic: ATM & Forex fees in Israel  (Read 99871 times)

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #300 on: May 07, 2017, 07:37:59 AM »
I'm just curious why someone here would want to take USD out of a US account instead of Shekels. (Of course I understand that there are situations. I just mean as a regular event.)
Some pay their rent in dollars.

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #301 on: May 07, 2017, 09:45:57 AM »
Some pay their rent in dollars.
OK. I thought that practice stopped 10 years ago.

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #302 on: May 07, 2017, 09:56:48 AM »
OK. I thought that practice stopped 10 years ago.
It may stop now  :)

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #303 on: May 07, 2017, 02:58:39 PM »
Reports that Leumi ATMs no longer giving dollars for US based cards.

Where are you getting this from?

It may stop now  :)

Or it may just get more expensive.  ;)
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #304 on: May 07, 2017, 03:03:07 PM »
Reports that Leumi ATMs no longer giving dollars for US based cards.
Confirmed in my experience and others.
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #305 on: May 08, 2017, 02:14:44 AM »
Confirmed in my experience and others.

At different locations?
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #306 on: May 08, 2017, 05:10:57 AM »
At different locations?
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #307 on: May 08, 2017, 03:07:56 PM »
Kikar Shabbos

Kikar HaSabbos, had issues several time in the past for days in a row, try King George or Paran.
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #308 on: May 08, 2017, 03:47:27 PM »
Kikar HaSabbos, had issues several time in the past for days in a row, try King George or Paran.

You successfully pulled dollars from Paran or King George the past few days?

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #309 on: May 08, 2017, 04:27:29 PM »
You successfully pulled dollars from Paran or King George the past few days?

No, but I did in the past when KH wasn't working.
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #310 on: May 11, 2017, 04:18:16 AM »
With cap1 I could take out money at any atm and not get charged any fees at all?

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #311 on: May 11, 2017, 04:48:33 AM »
With cap1 360 I could take out money at any atm and not get charged any fees at all?
Almost any bank-owned ATM of those that accept foreign cards. (Watch out for the Poalim machine at Bar Ilan & Shmuel Hanavi in Yerushalayim.)
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #312 on: May 11, 2017, 06:36:41 AM »
Almost any bank-owned ATM of those that accept foreign cards. (Watch out for the Poalim machine at Bar Ilan & Shmuel Hanavi in Yerushalayim.)
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #313 on: May 24, 2017, 11:32:53 AM »
Reports that Leumi ATMs no longer giving dollars for US based cards.
I tried my American ATM card in Leumi in Modiin Mall. There was no option for $ or EUR. It tried getting me to convert at a ripoff exchange rate. I found the option to be charged in ILS and then it went through on my end at a normal rate.

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #314 on: May 24, 2017, 11:49:55 PM »
I tried my American ATM card in Leumi in Modiin Mall. There was no option for $ or EUR. It tried getting me to convert at a ripoff exchange rate. I found the option to be charged in ILS and then it went through on my end at a normal rate.

If USD or EUR is offered at that ATM, there should be a sticker there, but sometimes they're just out of it.
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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #315 on: May 25, 2017, 04:53:26 PM »
If USD or EUR is offered at that ATM, there should be a sticker there, but sometimes they're just out of it.
I tried a USD machine and also a EUR machine.

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #316 on: June 05, 2017, 04:17:05 PM »
Unconfirmed reports of Leumi artificially widening the spread on a shekel withdrawal with a Cap1 card.

Can anyone corroborate?

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #317 on: June 05, 2017, 04:43:33 PM »
Unconfirmed reports of Leumi artificially widening the spread on a shekel withdrawal with a Cap1 card.
What exactly do you mean?

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #318 on: June 05, 2017, 04:47:03 PM »
What exactly do you mean?

Drawing shekels from a US account and getting 3.46 instead of 3.54.

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Re: ATM & Forex fees in Israel
« Reply #319 on: June 05, 2017, 04:50:26 PM »
Drawing shekels from a US account and getting 3.46 instead of 3.54.
Are you confirming this? I recently withdrew with TD and the rate was the official rate.