Traveling Abroad?

Please let us know so we can insure smooth credit and debit transactions.

If you're traveling abroad and intend to use your CFCU credit or debit card on your trip, make sure you let us know. That way we can place a message on your account to make sure transactions are processed smoothly.

Why is this necessary?

Fraud protection. Most credit and debit card fraud comes from foreign countries. As a result, we may block transactions from certain countries where we have experienced fraud. Notifying us will help ensure your transactions are recognized as legitimate and can go through as expected, even if you're in a country where transactions are being blocked.

Fraud costs cardholders and issuers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. To protect you, we implemented this new Web-based system developed to help block potential fraud in real time. Countries from which transactions are blocked may change as we detect new scams and schemes. So please notify Card Services when you're traveling abroad to avoid any problems with your cards.

Currently blocked countries

Andorra (only use is with PIN)

Antigua (only use is with PIN)

Barbuda (only use is with PIN)

Cameroon

Columbia

Cuba

Cyprus

Ghana (West Africa)

India

Iran

Israel (only use is with PIN)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, only E-Commerce

Korea, Republic of, only E-Commerce

Lebanon

Luxembourg (transactions are monitored)

Malaysia

Mexico

Myanmar/Burma

Nigeria

Puerto Rico (only use is with PIN)

Romania

Saudi Arabia (only use is with PIN)

Singapore, only E-Commerce (online transactions blocked)

South Africa

Turkey (only use is with PIN)

These blocks affect both debit card and credit card transactions. However, we have the ability to exempt cards from the block on the signature debit card and the credit card. Please notify Card Services when a member is traveling to a blocked country.