1. I would like to see any articles on this problem. Please post whatever links to articles,whether in spanish or english, you find. thanks. I plan on writing a letter to the editor to the Herald about this and what i think of it. I see an article about this appears in todays BA Herald (see below for article. it didnt paste right, so scroll down).
2. Does anyone know with 100% certainly the name and location of any bank that will do a cash advance on a US-issued Visa bank card. i hear a lot of theories, i need a name and an address.
3. Comment. glancing at my online bank statements i can see right away that my daily withdrawals of 90 pesos which was posted as 29 dollars and change for a long time, soared last sunday.
All transactions after that time have been at a much higher rate, which must reflect this new transaction fee. 90 pesos now posts on my acct. as 32 dollars and change. Im seeing a 2 dollar charge per transaction. WOW (rolling my eyes, shaking my head, frowning).
BA HERALD ARTICLE (published today)
ATM glitch restricts tourists’ withdrawals
According to numerous reports received by the Herald, tourists, mainly of British origin, were only allowed to withdraw 100 pesos at a time from any automated teller machine, or ATM.
With tourists charged a considerable fee at home for every withdrawal abroad, the phone calls received at the Herald were less than happy.
Sources at Banelco, Argentina’s electronic funds transfer company, told the Herald that the glitch arose because a ruling by Plus had been misinterpreted by local officials and that this had resulted in the capped withdrawals yesterday.
"The glitch is being worked on and the system should allow tourists to make up to three withdrawals a day of up to 300 pesos each," the source said.
A similar confirmation was received by the Visa card company, whose spokeswoman, Carolina Samudio, said that the system will return to normal by today.
