>> German banks seem to use their own system called EC card which is not usable anywhere else in the world. Thats simply not true. Its at least usable in the N

>> German banks seem to use their own system called EC card which is not usable anywhere else in the world. Thats simply not true. Its at least usable in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and the Czech republic. These are at least the locations I've travelled to recently and used a Card like that. The only problem I had with it were obnoxiuos fees.