Travelling around and informing bank

finnteme

Hi, i will be travelling quite a lot in next 2 week, Sweden, Finland,Cyprus,Turkey.

Should i inform my bank in advance, thinking ab. using my Visa Debit card there,
Have heard some stories that you cant withdraw money and use pos, if bank suspects that the card might not be in the cardholders hand. (when travelling)

Vespy

I think banks dont block cards/transactions, unless travel time was impossible (like Ireland-China in 2h). AiB also immidiately rings ur mobile (happened to me few weeks ago) when they became suspicious about transactions

amdublin

I'd ring or email them to discuss. They all have big fraud units now.

If they can store your itinerary on your file it'll save them work in the long run if you pop up on their suspicious transactions report.

amdublin

Oh ive just reread your counties, you'll probably be okay.

I know I had problems when I was in Mexico.

Rebel1977

You should call the card department and advise them where you will be, as with all the card fraud going on at the moment it would be safer to let them know that you are out of the country

homer911

Yes, Fraud detection systems can throw up false positives and it can be a nuisance to resolve - tell them in advance and then it wont cause you a problem