Given the increasing number of frauds involving misuse of international plastic cards all over the world, Severnaya Kazna thought it best to protect its customers from even potential risks through limiting the maximum amount of cash a Visa or MasterCard cardholder can withdraw through an ATM in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Central and South Africa, China, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Rumania, Turkey, Italy, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, and Thailand to 15,000 RUR, $600, or ?400 a day beginning from October 1, 2007. This limit can be extended upon the request of a customer going abroad.