What is the minimum amount you can ask for at an ATM in your country?

@nela13 (59365)
Portugal
March 11, 2019 8:00am CST
I need to pay a bill of 25€, I went to the ATM to request some money and it gave me two notes of 20€, now I need to buy a coffee or something in order to have the exact money to pay. I wonder why the ATM machines do not give 5€? The minimum we can ask is 10€ here. What is the minimum amount you can ask for at an ATM in your country?
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
11 Mar 19
Most machines seem to only have $20 bills.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
That is more than the minimum here.
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@Juliaacv (56456)
• Canada
11 Mar 19
I believe that the smallest denomination that you can ask to withdraw from an ATM is $20. I know that our banks both offer nothing less then that. When we use the point of sale machine to make a debit purchase, it asks if you'd like cash back, and the smallest amount you can request is $20.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
$20 is more than the minimum here, that is 10€.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
12 Mar 19
The minimum cash bill here is $20.00
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
11 Mar 19
I belong it’s a $20 but you can go into a store and certain location can give you $5 back or just go into the back if it’s open and ask for smaller bills.
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
11 Mar 19
@nela13 Ysaj
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
12 Mar 19
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
A friend exchanged it. $20 is more than the minimum here.
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@LadyDuck (502954)
• Italy
11 Mar 19
I do not know in € because we have Swiss Francs here, the minimum paper bill is 10 Swiss Francs, so we cannot ask lower.
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@LadyDuck (502954)
• Italy
11 Mar 19
@nela13 No, the € is higher, you need about 1.14 Swiss Francs for 1 Euro, but the 5 Swiss Francs is not paper, it's a coin.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
I think 10 Swiss Francs are higher than 10€.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
@LadyDuck ohh I thought Swiss francs worth more than €
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
11 Mar 19
I never used it.No need to
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
12 Mar 19
Yeah, what do U do when U need money??!!
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
Really?! So how do you do when you need money?
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
12 Mar 19
@db20747 Withdraw at the bank in person.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
11 Mar 19
Would you believe I have never had to use an ATM machine? I don't know. We always use credit cards and keep a certain amount of cash in our wallets.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
11 Mar 19
@nela13 We use our cards for everything possible for air miles and a gift card at my favorite department store. We pay them all off each month in full, and reap the benefits. I have a very huge gift card to use this week or next. Our sons do the same thing, too.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
@DianneN I know some credit cards have benefits but unfortunately that is not my case but i also pay it in full by the end of the month. I think i should look for a credit card like yours.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
Really?! I use it frequently, I don't like credit cards that much, I only have one and it is paid 100% by the end of the month, so I don't pay fees.
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• Preston, England
12 Mar 19
£5 in some machines, but more often £10 in the UK
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• Preston, England
12 Mar 19
@nela13 the smaller amounts run out quickly and then you have to get the bigger amounts
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
@arthurchappell i think It happens the same here with 10€ notes, sometimes we only have 20€ or higher.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
That Is good, here It Is impossible to request only 5€.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
11 Mar 19
here is 100 Baht approximately a little less than $3
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
12 Mar 19
@nela13 in yours, a hundred baht, can give us 2 decent meals. how about yours?
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
12 Mar 19
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
Ohh that is nice, it is good receive low value money as this help us in out day to day bills.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Mar 19
Here I think it is $20, the machines don't have smaller bills.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
It is higher than here.
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@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Mar 19
Usually 20 dollars
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@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Mar 19
@nela13 Yes, in all the stores and banks I have been in.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
14 Mar 19
@LeaPea2417 wouldn't it be better if they have lower value notes?
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
Is that the minimum?
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Mar 19
I think the minimum here is $20. I think it is all that they stock the machines with.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
@FayeHazel That is what I want here too
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
$20 is more than the minimum here, that is 10€.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Mar 19
@nela13 Yeah, I wish they would have smaller bills you could choose here
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@porwest (112928)
• United States
12 Mar 19
Oh wait. You said minimum. I think it's $10 most places I have seen, but $20 is more common.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
Here the minimum is 10€ and atm machines don't give 5€ notes which I think is bad.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
16 Mar 19
@porwest maybe ATM machines only have $20 notes available.
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@porwest (112928)
• United States
16 Mar 19
@nela13 Now that I think of it, I really have never gotten anything but $20 bills out of an ATM no matter how much money I ask for.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
12 Mar 19
I don't visit ATM so much. I always take out a big amount of 10000 RS. That is the maximum amount that we can take out. I use credit card for most transactions. I am not sure but minimum withdrawal is Rs 100 for us.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
@arunima25 yes, some credit cards have real good benefits and worth using it.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
Sometimes I prefer to use real money instead of credit or debit cards.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
12 Mar 19
@nela13 Using credit card brings more benefits for me. So I am more into it. It also helps me manage my finance better.
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
11 Mar 19
Usually, most of it is the amount of a little less than $5 min, only one bank gives an amount of min $2 (little less) I'm talking about the equivalent of money in my country, (we have a Serbian dinar here) But, of course, it's not worth raising a small amount of money due to a bank commission. Which is about $3 for any amount.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
You pay the fees if you ask the money at the bank, right? Here it is only charged a fee if we request money in the bank but not if we withdraw it in an Atm machine.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
@LowRiderX many bank transactions are free here if we do it in an Atm machine.
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
12 Mar 19
@nela13 No. Here is the opposite. If you take money from the bank, then you do not pay a commission, only if you take money from the ATM, then they charge. It's really weird how much we distinguish in certain things. It would be logical for us to be like in your country as well. Because when you enter the bank, the operator / banker should pay you, and someone has to pay him for that, for his job, and that is not charged!! They charge you when you by yourself run the machine. No have sense at all, I see
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
12 Mar 19
I believe the minimum here is $20 and the maximum is $400.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
12 Mar 19
@nela13 the machine I go to only gives out 20s nothing lower or higher
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
@shaggin maybe It only gives $20. Here I think machines have all notes except 5€
@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
The maximum is the same here but your minimum is higher than here.
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@May2k8 (19795)
• Indonesia
12 Mar 19
Here the minimum average is 100K Rupiah or around 7 Dollars but for taking under 7 Dollars can be done at the minimarket.
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@May2k8 (19795)
• Indonesia
13 Mar 19
@nela13 Yes, we can also pay bills through ATM.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
13 Mar 19
@May2k8 yes, we can also pay bills through atm.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
It is good, it is lower than here.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Mar 19
I'm not certain, as I don't use them, but I think it's $5.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Mar 19
@nela13 I'm not certain, but I think so.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
11 Mar 19
If it is $5 then is good, here we cannot request lower than 10€.
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@dya80dya (36805)
14 Mar 19
Less than 5$.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
15 Mar 19
Really?! That Is great, I wish It was like that here too.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
22 Mar 19
@dya80dya I hope so
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@dya80dya (36805)
22 Mar 19
@nela13 Yes. Maybe they will change that in your country.
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@porwest (112928)
• United States
12 Mar 19
I am not sure if it is a law or not, and I am inclined to believe it is not. But MOST banks will only allow you to withdraw about $500 a day. Not sure what that equates to in euros. But that's pretty much the limit. If you want more you have to physically appear at the bank to make a greater withdrawal.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
The maximum here is 400€ in a atm machine.
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@porwest (112928)
• United States
16 Mar 19
@nela13 Probably pretty close the equivalent of $500 in the U.S.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
16 Mar 19
@porwest yes, it is almost the same.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
12 Mar 19
We can raise a minimum of 100din, that is about 0.9e.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
14 Mar 19
@Nevena83 Here we have € and the minimu is 10€.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
Really?! That low? That is good.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
12 Mar 19
@nela13 Yes, because we can raise it in our currency.
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