Travel Information


Are you traveling?  If you are planning to travel, please consider contacting the credit union before you go.  We have several countries that are currently blacklisted due to a high amount of fraud originating from the countries listed below.   Your card will not work for transactions in the following countries unless we are notified of your travel so we may modify your card to allow for these transactions.

Please email the carddepartment@greatnwfcu.com or call us at (360) 533-9990 or 1-800-533-8396 to let us know your travel dates and destination.

Blacklisted Countries:

  • Romania

  • Latvia

  • Lithuania

  • Ukraine

  • Belarus

  • Bulgaria

  • Great Britain

  • Cyprus

  • Spain

  • Pakistan

Your Great NorthWest FCU debit or credit card is a Visa card.  This means that your card is accepted at millions of places worldwide.  As part of Great NorthWest FCU’s fee structure, international transactions are currently assessed an International Services Assessment or ISA fee.  For current fee information, please visit our Disclosures.