Yep. I don’t use them, but my banks do usually provide a withdrawl or two from them without extra fees per month and one of my banks at least lets me deposit cash through their ATMs.
It used to be Japan Post (which had hours even for external ATMs) and 7-11 were the only places to take out money with a foreign debit card. I think it’s better now, but I’m not sure (I’ve been living in Japan for over a decade so not usually something I need to consider).
And with Japan having a largely cash-driven economy, as opposed to card-driven, the ATM’s made it easy to pull Yen directly from a debit card, including the conversion fee.
There’s a 7/11 bank??
Yep. I don’t use them, but my banks do usually provide a withdrawl or two from them without extra fees per month and one of my banks at least lets me deposit cash through their ATMs.
Yeah I used their ATM to withdraw money while on vacation. Almost all 7-Eleven have an ATM so that’s convenient.
It used to be Japan Post (which had hours even for external ATMs) and 7-11 were the only places to take out money with a foreign debit card. I think it’s better now, but I’m not sure (I’ve been living in Japan for over a decade so not usually something I need to consider).
And with Japan having a largely cash-driven economy, as opposed to card-driven, the ATM’s made it easy to pull Yen directly from a debit card, including the conversion fee.
Just Seven.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bank