Same thing happened to a guy I met at STF Stockholm City Hostel. He was using a Citi card at a Swedbank ATM just around the corner and it got taken. N...

I was in Kiruna and even up there in the north the hostel didn’t take cash. Stayed at Camp Ripan and also checked out STF Abisko Hostel. Both wanted c...

I’ve been living in Gothenburg for three months and use Västtrafik daily. You absolutely can’t use cash on trams or buses. I started with a reloadable...

I was staying at City Backpackers Hostel in Stockholm and went to the Nordea ATM nearby with my HSBC Visa card. The ATM asked me if I wanted to conver...

My partner and I landed at Malmö Airport and opted against the currency booth (those rates are terrible). We hopped into town and found a SEB branch n...

My HDFC debit card was completely useless in Spain. Rejected at Banco Sabadell, Euronet, and even at a few CaixaBank machines. I switched to my Wise d...

My 12-day trip across Valencia and Madrid cost me just under 1000 euros all in. I used my SEB debit card and Starling card for ATM withdrawals and pay...

I was in Valencia last month and almost every taxi I used had a functioning POS terminal. I paid with my Wise card most of the time and it worked via ...

Last May I spent two weeks in Sevilla and Córdoba carrying my Amex Green and a TSB Mastercard debit card. Upscale places along Calle Betis and hotel b...