Card Briefs: Polish ATMs Now Take Europay, MasterCard

Europay International said Bank Pekao and Bank Gdanski have become the first in Poland to open ATMs to Europay and MasterCard brands of cards.

Europay, MasterCard International's European marketing partner, said Bank Pekao opened 58 ATMs to international card acceptance within five months.

The bank, which has issued 65% of the 120,000 Europay-linked cards in Poland, plans to have 120 ATMs accepting the cards by yearend.

Twenty Bank Gdanski ATMs accept Eurocheque, Cirrus, and Eurocard-MasterCard brands. It forecasts having 70 machines by yearend and converting all its 60,000 cards to the Europay-MasterCard brands.

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