Last Sunday, we were visiting family in Santo Domingo and needed some pesos, so we went to the ATM at la Sirena. I used the Banco Popular machine with my British Bank Card. I just asked for a couple of thousand pesos to pay the taxis. The machine made some weird noises and looked like it was trying to return the card before giving us the money. No chance, it just swallowed the card and said it was for security reasons. Next Day, I called Popular and they said in order to get the card back, I had to travel from Punta Cana to SD and fill out a form then maybe in 48 hours or so someone would go to the machine to retrieve my card. Is this crazy or what. I ended up cancelling the card. Don't they appreciate the value of foreigners visiting here? No emergency service?