Live from the field: Visa card @ BOB ATMs?

"I'm really good at spitting out paper slips!"

On Dec 15, 2010 BOB launched their MasterCard service, where cash (in Nu.) can be withdrawn from its ATM machines using a MasterCard. BOB's website now boasts an announcement regarding Visa as well. Here is what I found:


To find this information you can

• Go to the BOB homepage and wait patiently for the flashing banner at the top to switch to the ATM information, or
• Take the ThimphuTech shortcut and go directly.

Now, to the more hands-on part of this post: we tried withdrawing cash with a Visa card this morning. We learned two things:

1. The maximum allowed amount per transaction is Nu. 10,000 (not posted anywhere, and the ATM machine does not give this information aside from spitting out slips of paper with the message "HIGH AMOUNT" if you ask for more)
2. Visa cards are not yet supported. According to BOB officials (we inquired with the bank) it will take a few more days.