We are Sorry, International Transactions are not Available at the moment (Samba Bank Pakistan)

Brother use Bank Al-Falah, Some of their Atm Machines are working fine with payoneer. So you just need to spot a Good Bank Al-Falah Atm machine near you.

who said that mdb charged 86 rs ???? are you kidding i try many time withdraw money from mcb and its almost 95 to 97 or sometime little less but not 86 you need to try now and bank al falah is also working fine you need to try this if any issue let me know

> @rehanvempire said:
> Hello brothers,
> This is my first post here due to in my life i face the issue very first with. Like Every other day i went to withdraw my payment via Samba bank and on processing they gave me the error that International transactions aren't available at the moment. I went inside the bank to ask what is this issue. I asked the guy out there and he told me that they banned the any international transactions by the new law provided government and other banks will ban this too you will not be able to earn any more via your online sources like freelancing websites or any other so i got worried i went to MCB i withdraw the 20,000 Pkr and it worked 100 percent fine. I did 3 or 4 more transactions of same amount and it worked very well. I don't know why he said that? If this is true? Then what we are going to do? Any other brother facing the same issue with Samba bank? Because i am worried if what he told me is true because i am earning full time online my whole family and house depend upon it. So, kindly share your thoughts and if you faced the same problem and talked with bank.
>
> Thank you

> @fadhi said:
> who said that mdb charged 86 rs ???? are you kidding i try many time withdraw money from mcb and its almost 95 to 97 or sometime little less but not 86 you need to try now and bank al falah is also working fine you need to try this if any issue let me know

@fadhi bro, Since 2 days I tried SAMBA bank in 'Tariq road branch, Press club branch, Gulshan Branch, Sharah e Faisal brach, but same error 'international banking not availale'.

Then I disappointed and for only testing reason I made 1 thousand rupees transaction and it costed me $1.4x , so if i deduct 2.5 transaction fees of MCB, it means it deducted '1.2' for 1 thousand rupees only. which means 1usd is : 83 Rupees or something.

While 'SAMBA' gives me USD 97 per dollar.

Any help?

Qazi

Hi Nasir, if you go and get success please let me know as well.

Regards
Qazi

Hi to all,

Yes I've got same message "International Bank Transaction facility is not available at the moment" on Saturday and today at Samba Hyderi Branch ATM.

I've been using Samba bank for last 1.5 years without any problem and my last transaction was on 14-Jul-2015 at Samaba which was successful.

I will try Bank Alfalah today as you guys recommended.

But the big worrying thing is if other banks also started closing International withdrawal facility then what we all Freelancers will do.

Please research and if there is any official press release or anything else found regarding banning international withdrawal facility or imposing taxation from State Bank of Pakistan or Ministry of Finance then do share here as we all freelancers are worry at the moment.

yes bank alfalah working very nice and yes samba stop working with payoneer may be in future they start working again but til now i have no update for that.

it is not issue of samba only but standard chartered now they are not giving servies any more

> @A.Talal said:
> What is Standard Chartered ATM saying?

it said this card is not supported on this atm machine

Usually I withdraw from Bank Alfalah but for the last two attempts (Sunday/Thursday) I tried Samba bank but same result (International transactions not available message pops up).

So I went to my old Bank ALfalah ATM and did two successful transactions. I have not tried any other banks.

Please do update us about Samba Bank status and if you have any success with other bank ATMs then also share it here.

Thanks and God Bless you All.