7-Eleven ATMs Will Finally Accept Foreign Cards
July 12th, 2007 by James
Some good news for all of you who withdraw money from foreign bank accounts:
Visitors to Japan now have easier access to their cash after more than 12,000 automated teller machines at 7-Eleven convenience stores across the country began accepting foreign cards Wednesday.
So far tourists in Japan have been mainly limited to ATMs at certain foreign-owned banks or the post office if they want to avoid queuing up to exchange money.
The ATMs will operate in English, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese, and unlike post office ATMs, they’ll be open almost 24 hours a day!
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I have yet to visit Japan, but I’m glad I won’t have to hassle with exchanging money when I go. Finding a 7-11 and paying the bank fees (though I’m curious as to how high they would be) seems easier.
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I love 7-11 even more now, but yea if the fee is like $2 in the states I can only imagine what the foreign fee is.
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wow that is long overdue, thanks 7-11!
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The fee will probably be similar to the post offices – about $5
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“Comment by Jarvik7
2007-07-13 16:43:05
The fee will probably be similar to the post offices – about $5″
I don’t think that’s bad at all. How much does it normally cost to exchange money?
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