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ATM Withdrawl

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ATM Withdrawl

Just curious what the maximum withdrawl per day is at an ATM.... I am going for Christmas and have raised some money to spend on school fees, food, etc for the orphanage that i will be staying at.... I was there this past summer for a month and I think I was only able to take out 20,000 shillings at a time ( i had it in my bank account).... but this timeI will only be in nairobi for 2 weeks. I dont want to carry all that cash on me... but I also dont want to have to make a trip to the bank machine each day to withdrawl it all... any suggestions please...

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Nairobi, Kenya
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1. Re: ATM Withdrawl

Max withdrawal for foreign cards is KES20k per day, local cards up to KES40k per day.

Mtwapa, Kenya
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2. Re: ATM Withdrawl

Hi,

There are two limits when using an ATM, the card itself has a daily limit and the ATM has a transaction limit, you will be limited to whichever is lowest.

The different banks have different limits, for example

Barclays is 30,000/-

KBC is 20,000/-

CFC Stanbic is 10,000/-

Occasionally an ATM will have a lower limit than its bank's normal one, this will usually be if it is risk of regularly running out of money, either because of its popularity or its location means it is not re-stocked as frequently as others.

You can make more than one transaction in a day as long as it is within your card limit

Mtwapa, Kenya
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3. Re: ATM Withdrawl

The Barclays 40,000/- limit also applies to foreign cards although the exchange rate almost always means this is more than the card limit permits, so you are limited to a lower amount

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4. Re: ATM Withdrawl

Equity Bank's daily limit on foreign cards (my Visa debit card anyway, which has a UK £500 limit) is Ksh40,000.

As Doff says, the limits vary.

Rchard

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