Sterling outhouse atms.

[susiesusie]

Anyone know why the banks don't seem to be dispensing g sterling out of atms. ?

[benjaminbutton]

Which banks are you referring to.

[susiesusie]

T.e b however I have been told many atms are the same. Best to check for myself rather than hearsay !

[Feni girl]

Garanti n problem yesterday

[poppy++1]

Garanti n problem yesterday

Garanti has never had Sterling in ATM or in accounts, they only deal in Turkish Lira

[benjaminbutton]

poppy, sorry but you are incorrect. Ten years+ ago I frequently used Garanti for withdrawing sterling, in fact they had two ATMS, one was specifically for sterling and Euro. This went on for years but suddenly they stopped. They were able to dispense these currencies because they were a bona fide Turkish bank. I Just to let you know that have Dollar and Euro accounts with them. Unless they have changed within the last three months, and I haven't been informed.

[Brazen]

Garanti n problem yesterday

Garanti has never had Sterling in ATM or in accounts, they only deal in Turkish Lira

They definitely used to because up to about 6-7 years ago I used to use one. They then started to slap a charge of about 5% on which is when I stopped.

[waddo]

I was told - years ago - that only mainland Turkey bank branch’s are allowed to dispense £/€/$ from their ATMs. Again, since they all started to charge for withdrawal I have not used any of them!

[susiesusie]

Retried t.e.b. no dispensing of anything except. Tl.
Not even dispensing with a %5 surcharge. ! Was wondering which bands here now give tl or euro etc and what charges are incurred.

[techtrader]

When they are all charging something like 8.5% last time I tried then I doubt there is much demand hence no more i'd guess!

[poppy++1]

We were with Garanti till last year …..
We were told no Sterling account only dealing in TL accounts... no withdrawal of Sterling this was all in the Girne branch


We left when Nesrin moved on…

[Mollie the cat]

So did we.

[forestpixie]

poppy, sorry but you are incorrect. Ten years+ ago I frequently used Garanti for withdrawing sterling, in fact they had two ATMS, one was specifically for sterling and Euro. This went on for years but suddenly they stopped. They were able to dispense these currencies because they were a bona fide Turkish bank. I Just to let you know that have Dollar and Euro accounts with them. Unless they have changed within the last three months, and I haven't been informed.

My salary used to go into Garanti. I also used to withdraw £ and that was about 3 years ago.

[poppy++1]

We were misinformed then, we never had chance to put sterling in Garanti.

We are more than happy with the bank we have now all up front with currency they deal with.

[alphamike]

We were misinformed then, we never had chance to put sterling in Garanti.

We are more than happy with the bank we have now all up front with currency they deal with.

Ah yes, very easy to be misinformed. Remember the saga I had at a bank in Famagusta which said no foreigners, and that was a downright lie.
To be honest, think you're better off not going to Garanti from the reception I had at their Famagusta branch, their loss totally. Must be something with Famagusta banks with me.

[poppy++1]

We were misinformed then, we never had chance to put sterling in Garanti.

We are more than happy with the bank we have now all up front with currency they deal with.

Ah yes, very easy to be misinformed. Remember the saga I had at a bank in Famagusta which said no foreigners, and that was a downright lie.
To be honest, think you're better off not going to Garanti from the reception I had at their Famagusta branch, their loss totally. Must be something with Famagusta banks with me.

OOOOH yes remember all to well your reception in the bank.

We have since moved from “that bank” and Garanti.. very happy where we are now customer service excellent

[alphamike]

We were misinformed then, we never had chance to put sterling in Garanti.

We are more than happy with the bank we have now all up front with currency they deal with.

Ah yes, very easy to be misinformed. Remember the saga I had at a bank in Famagusta which said no foreigners, and that was a downright lie.
To be honest, think you're better off not going to Garanti from the reception I had at their Famagusta branch, their loss totally. Must be something with Famagusta banks with me.

OOOOH yes remember all to well your reception in the bank.

We have since moved from “that bank” and Garanti.. very happy where we are now customer service excellent

So glad to hear that Poppy, it can be a trial getting the right bank.

[benjaminbutton]

It certainly is if you no longer have a UK bank, through no fault of your own.

[jackvern]

My wife has a sterling account with GARANT together with her TL Accounts. Yesterday we visited the bank and she withdrew £1000 sterling without any problems.As a matter of interest she asked the cashier the limit on her withdrawal and was told no limit proving she had the funds and phoned a day before to ensure they had the amount in hand.

[benjaminbutton]

It only goes to prove that TURKISH banks deal in Sterling and the other two major currencies.

[susiesusie]

Was that at the a t m outside. Or at the cashiers desk

[waddo]

Has any 3rd country national on this forum an account with isbank? If so, what do you think of their service to a non Turkish speaker?