I am also in HSBC offshore Jersey and have used my HSBC Premier MasterCard in the ATM with no problems. I did tell them before hand that I was going to Russia.
Never tried my Debit card. I also have a Russian bank and use their Debit visa card for 'spending money' in Russia. (UniCredit if you're interested) if you are here long term, I'd open a Russian bank and transfer Dengi to the Russian bank. Whatever way you do it, you have to pay exchange fees. Julian Beirne Shana Aufenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/06/2008 09:38 Please respond to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Expat List HSBC PIN Restrictions Hi. I used my HSBC debit bank card in Moscow ATMs without any problems through Feb 08. Now after 3 long calls, a replacement card, and dozens of attempts to use the card over the last few months - HSBC has finally realized that there is a "restriction on PIN-based transactions" in Moscow. Now, don't you think they could have figured that out a bit sooner - it took another hour and 1/2 call yesterday to finally get to that information after me retelling several people why all there suggestions don't work (I've tried). I went into Citibank, Alpha Bank and Sber Bank yesterday and none of them could give me a cash advance at the cashier counter either. Any chance someone on this list has figured out a way to access HSBC accounts from inside Russia? The one and only suggestion HSBC could give me was to wire funds from my HSBC account to a Western Union and pay the fees. Nice. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks! _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
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