Difference between revisions of "Money abroad"

Revision as of 03:47, 5 July 2010

E*TRADE Standard checking
- Unlimited Debit card and check transactions
- Free unlimited online bill pay
- Free initial checkbook
- No fee for ATM use
- 1% fee of the transaction amount (including credits and reversals) for non-U.S. currency and foreign transactions – need to call and ask: POS purchases only, or ATM withdrawals as well?
TruMark
- $1.50 per ATM withdrawal (out of network); 1% transaction fee is charged to the Credit VISA but nothing is stated about the debit kind
Lockheed
- $1.50 per ATM withdrawal (out of network); 1% transaction fee

Schwab
- Used to have a card with some rewards and 0 fees on international transactions. No longer offered online; need to check in local office.
PenFed
- Absolutely no fees – including cash advances (though APR is still charged, obv)
- Membership requires enrollment in National Military Asscn for $20
CapitalOne
- Endless array of seemingly undifferentiated choices
- Probably small line of credit
- No info on foreign transaction fees, but presumed 0%

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 **Used to have a card with some rewards and 0 fees on international transactions. No longer offered online; need to check in local office.
 *[https://www.penfed.org/productsAndRates/creditCards/promiseCard.asp PenFed]
-*Absolutely no fees – ''including cash advances'' (though APR is still charged, obv)
+**Absolutely no fees – ''including cash advances'' (though APR is still charged, obv)
 **Membership requires enrollment in [http://www.militaryfamily.org/participate/join/civilian-family/ National Military Asscn] for $20
-**[http://www.capitalone.com/creditcards/products/compare/?linkid=WWW_0608_CARD_TGUNS13_CP28960EW_H1_03_T_CCPCP CapitalOne]
+*[http://www.capitalone.com/creditcards/products/compare/?linkid=WWW_0608_CARD_TGUNS13_CP28960EW_H1_03_T_CCPCP CapitalOne]
 **Endless array of seemingly undifferentiated choices
 **Probably small line of credit
 **No info on foreign transaction fees, but presumed 0%