When my debit card got stuck in a BGFIBank ATM in Port-Gentil, I wasn’t as lucky. They said foreign-issued cards are automatically destroyed for “secu...

Bad news: if your card got swallowed in Eritrea, chances are slim you’ll see it again quickly. My Visa card was taken by a Commercial Bank of Eritrea ...

Honestly, in DRC it’s a nightmare when a machine eats your card. I lost mine at a BCDC (now EquityBCDC) machine in Lubumbashi, and the bank just shrug...

That's the Cuban ATM experience for you! Happens to a lot of people. You have zero chance of getting that card back from a local bank. Their internal ...

That's super stressful, and unfortunately, I've heard of it happening to others. In the Central African Republic, the banking system is not set up to ...

This is a super frustrating situation and it's happened to me twice! It's a common problem with some of the older machines around Bujumbura. Getting i...

Yeah, classic ATM problem. Happened to my buddy near Dantokpa market with his Capital One Visa. Local banks in Benin usually have a policy of destroyi...

I’ve been using Niyo Global for two trips (Dubai + Spain) and honestly had no issues. It’s a debit card, but I paid at restaurants, metros, and ATMs w...

I stayed at The Melanesian Hotel in Port Vila and took minibuses every day, paying 200 vatu cash each ride. My Wise Visa worked perfectly at BSP Bank ...