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Elexpatriado
  6/8/2019 13:47 EST

Could someone please tell. me what bank ATMs have zero or low fees and the best exchange rate when taking out money with a foreign ( specifially Canadian) bank debit card?

Also acessibility ( eg availability in most locations) is a good feature as well, as I will be travelling in remote parts of the pyrenees.

I will start and end my trip in Barcelona.

davetron
  6/16/2019 16:00 EST

Deutsche Bank is great and doesn't have any ATM fees. I have also heard that Liberbank has no ATM fees but I haven't tried it myself.

In case you haven't heard of it, I'd recommend getting the Stack card before you leave. It's free, has no ATM fees and most importantly it has no foreign markup. It also uses Mastercards exchange rate which is excellent and very close to XE/Google's exchange rate.

Since you are using a Canadian card, remember to always choose Euros (and not CAD) when asked for currency conversion. If not, the ATM will do the conversion with a really bad rate. If you choose Euros, your card/bank will decide what rate to use which is always going to be better.

Cheers and enjoy Spain!

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