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Cannot withdraw funds from Mutltibanco/ATM

Hi all,

I was successful a week ago with a withdrawal . Now my USA cards are getting the message Operation not available. Please try again later. Three days. I have successfully used my cards contactless and doing chips with merchants. I successfully withdrew funds from the dreaded euro net with no problem. I don't understand why my cards aren't working. I telephoned my bank and they said they don't even see the attempted transaction so it doesn't even reach as a decline or block. All else as noted is working so its not my cards. Considering that I have used these cards for the last year here in PortugalI returned ftom another country to encounter this issue. . Is anyone else having this issue? Portuguese banks are separate from multibanco do they cannot help as I have tried that. Help!!

I had exactly the same problem. I won’t go into all the time wasted on this issue over several days. I needed to pay a guide in Euros and simply didn’t have enough. I had to pay using PayPal and paid five percent extra.

What a relief when the machines finally started working.

Let this be a warning to others. Try to have at least a few Euros when you arrive in Europe. Thank goodness I had a few, just not enough.