Dan K wrote:
The ATM card issued by my bank (Charter One) is a Mastercard. I have
always used it as an ATM card in Europe with no problems. Last week I
was in Rome, Italy, and went to use it to get cash, and was told by
the ATM machine "Card not valid for international transactions." I
tried many different ATM machines, and kept getting the same type of
message. Fortunately, I had brought some travelers checks along, so I
cashed those.

Mastercard is a credit card. It's better to use a true ATM card
(Maestro), which charges lower fees than a credit card. With my Maestro
card I have never had problems withdrawing cash from ATMs.
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