Cirrus card not working in Philippines

[walesrob]

Hi all.

Been in Phils now for 11 days, money almost gone already and I cant use my ATM Cirrus card. It keeps coming up as transaction failed 8510. Spoke to local BPI branch in Cebu and the best they could come up with was to call Bank in England. Any advice on this please?

Had a similair problem when I was in Philippines in 2004. Metrobank blamed Natwest, Natwest blamed Metrobank Funny how it worked in Hong Kong, Dubai and Doha, but as soon as I arrived in Philippines, it clammed up, holding back much needed money Always laugh about Metrobank logo "Your in safe hands" On top of that I couldn't use my Paypal account to send myself money by Western Union or Xoom, as my Paypal account was blocked for some fault of not my making.

Luckily I had my credit card with me so not all was lost.

Have you tried other ATM's in the area? Cirrus is part of the Mastercard network, so any ATM showing the Mastercard symbol will take the card. BPI are probably the best bet.

[aromulus]

I believe that Cirrus needs to be activated for use in Phil.
Phone your bank, and tell them of your intention to travel there. I make sure that my Visa gets activated by warning my bank before hand. As they only trying to protect you against fraud. Like I just done, as I will be going over in a few days time.

[fred]

I believe that Cirrus needs to be activated for use in Phil.
Phone your bank, and tell them of your intention to travel there. I make sure that my Visa gets activated by warning my bank before hand. As they only trying to protect you against fraud. Like I just done, as I will be going over in a few days time.

Agree with this one..Cirrus is the widest used logo in R.P as far as I know.

[joebloggs]

hmm I know that error msg well,ive had this prob many times, i could only use my cirrus card in certain atm machines, only ones i could get money out of were BPI ones and in certain areas, i could go around the big malls, it would work in one atm but not another atm.. try the big malls, or where the tourists go, and dont take out more than £200 in php or it will reject it..