Used to use them in Bahrain. No problems-except for when they gave me a new cheque book. It was actually someone else's account. When I queried this the young lady teller asked me why I didn't want that cheque book. When I pointed out that it wasn't actually my account she looked at me blankly. I offered to use it only if the owner of the account had more money than me. I eventually got my own cheque book