Economy & Banks

Calling my bank to tell them I'm overseas is unacceptable. My card is in my possession. I live less than 2hrs away from Berlin by plane. Why should I tell them anything about my plans? I need a bank that's not shit. It's my money they're using, they shouldn't be restricting my access to it.

Its a generic free service that doesn't force you carry a two factor authentication token with you.. acceptable enough to me.

Not sure what other free banking service doesn't use prejudices computer algorithms for fraud prevention.

When I was in berlin last april my card worked fine thanks..
Only time ive had in blocked when I was in the states and left the card in a machine.
Luckily got it back and just rang first direct to reactivate it.. no bother.