Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

[Fred]

On Friday 26 January 2007 21:11, David Long uttered thusly:
> The ATM at the airport accepted my DCU ATM card for cash.  The Marriott
> in Seoul would not accept my DCU Visa to pay my hotel bill.  On my
> second trip over I used my Chase Visa (I think).  I did try calling DCU,
> but there was nothing I could say to them that would make them authorize
> a transaction.  New rule:  Bring at least two credit cards when
> traveling international.

Had a similar problem some time back when I went to Belize. One island -- San 
Pedro -- had no problems with using the ATM card. Another island -- Caye 
Caulker -- didn't work at all, and we had to inland to the central bank to 
get money.

It turned out that one particular bank that was hooked up to the 
international network *completely* dominated the one island, and another 
bank that was not so well tied in dominated the other island. Never would've 
known otherwise.

-Fred