Global Alliance

Make the most of your money on holiday. By using your Barclays Connect or Electron card in cash machines in our Global Alliance of banks, you don't have to pay transaction charges.

This can save you between £1.50 and £4.50 in withdrawal transaction charges, depending on the amount withdrawn. You can use your cards worldwide at cash machines outside the Global Alliance displaying the VISA or PLUS signs but you will have to pay the relevant transaction fee*.

Did you know:
	Withdraw up to £300 per day in local currency with your Connect card from cash machines displaying the VISA sign. Your Electron card is accepted at machines with the PLUS sign.
	Apart from Barclays, Global Alliance member banks are: USA - Bank of America; France - BNP Paribas; Germany, Spain - Deutsche Bank; Canada, Mexico, Guatemala - Scotiabank; Australia, New Zealand, Fiji - Westpac; South Africa - Absa; Ukraine - Ukrsibbank.
	Cash machines work in the same way as they do at home and will work in English when you put your card in.

All card payments made in a currency other than sterling will be converted into sterling by the card scheme (e.g. Visa or MasterCard) on the date it processes the transaction, using the exchange rate it uses for all sterling based accounts (this rate is available on request), and a percentage commission which we set on the amount of the payment. This rate may not be the same as the rate that applied on the date the transaction was made, if the payment is processed by the card scheme after that date.

* A 2.75% charge for Barclays handling costs and any VISA processing fees is included in the sterling conversion shown on your statement and applies to all foreign transactions. There is an additional 2% transaction charge (min £1.50 max £4.50) withdraw cash from overseas (in local currency) at an ATM or over the counter at any bank - this is in addition to the 2.75% foreign exchange charge.  (The 2% transaction charge does not apply if you use a Barclays ATM or an ATM from a Bank within our Global Alliance). There is a 2% transaction charge (min £1.50 max £4.50) if you use your card in the UK to obtain sterling anywhere other than a cash machine or Barclays branch, and currency or travellers’ cheques anywhere other than a Barclays branch or Barclays website or via Barclays Travel Line.