National Anthems: Home | Africa | Americas | Asia | Australia&Oceania | Europe | Olympic Anthem |

 
Passports: Home [ Africa ] [ Americas, Australia & Oceania] [ Asia] [ Europe] [ Other documents
Travel:
[Europe] [ Asia ] [ USA-Canada ] [ Latin-America ] [ Africa ] [ Australia ] [ Carabben ] [ Air ] [Cruises ]
Forum
Live chat




Subject: Re: ATM card or Debit card in Italy Posted on: Wed, 02 May 2007 22:25:24 +0200

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:45:59 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

>Debit / ATM cards when used as a credit card, debit the bank account, they
>do not go on a monthly statement to be paid at the end of the month. A
>Credit Card used in an ATM machine, just gets you a short-term loan from the
>CC company at an exhorbitant rate.

There are infinite variations of plastic, and by now it's impossible
to keep the terms separate. I have an Italian card that functions as a
Visa card. I get a statement at the end of the month, and the entire
month's worth of purchases are then extracted from my account. What
kind of card is that?

--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup