ATM's Clave System --- new surcharges??

10 years ago
Hi.

Has anyone tried to withdraw cash from an ATM in Panama City recently, using their foreign bank-card/or debit-card?

Today, I withdrew some cash from the ATM inside Banco Nacional (on via Espana). At the end of the transaction, I got the message : "Clave System will deduct 5.25 USD for this transaction. This is in addition to whatever charges your banking institution may charge you"

WTF??!

For the past 5 months, I have always used this particular ATM. Mainly because it never, ever charged me anything!

Today, I get a 5.25 USD fee.

I was in a hurry, so I went ahead and made the withdrawal anyway. Thinking there must be a problem with the machine, I decided to check other ATMs. I tested the one in Banco General (across the road), and the another one in Multibank.

Same thing!

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

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Kovalenko & Vera Attorneys at Law in Panama
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