My AIB card is locked in the USA and the bank says I need an international ATM that offers PIN services to unblock it. I've tried Chase and Bank of America with no luck. How can I find an ATM in the US that can unblock a foreign card's PIN?
As of April 2015, many U.S. ATMs do not offer PIN change or unblock services because payment networks do not mandate them.
You are not doing anything wrong at the ATMs you tried — the feature is simply not required or widely offered in the United States.
You asked how to find an ATM in the United States that can unblock a PIN, and whether specific U.S. ATM networks support these transactions.
As of April 2015, payment networks do not mandate PIN changes at the ATM. Because this feature is not required, many U.S. issuers and acquirers do not offer PIN change or unblock services at their machines.
Whether an ATM can process a PIN unblock depends on whether the individual ATM owner has chosen to implement the service, rather than a specific network requirement.
