If you select “With Conversion,” you're basically giving the ATM permission to rip you off. I tested it out at a BRD machine in Cluj for fun and the m...

Used Yandex Go all over St. Petersburg and it was smooth-you link your card in the app and pay automatically. No issues. But once I tried to get a rid...

Metro in St. Petersburg is easy with the Podorozhnik card. Bought one at the station using cash and refilled at kiosks. Tried using my Visa to pay dir...

In St. Petersburg, my hostel accepted cards-but only Russian-issued ones. My foreign Mastercard got rejected, even though the terminal worked fine for...

Used my UnionPay card at Sberbank , no fees and was able to withdaw up to 300,000RUB. My friend had a Mastercard, and it didnt worked at this ATM.

I had my Amex with me in April, and not one place accepted it-not in St. Petersburg, not at the airport, not even big hotels. I used a Visa debit card...

I had issues too-my UK Mastercard didn’t work at Tinkoff or VTB ATMs. Finally found a Raiffeisen Bank ATM in St. Petersburg that accepted it, but even...

Exchanged about $50 at Domodedovo just to cover a cab and SIM. It was overpriced, but I didn’t want to risk being stranded. Found a much better rate a...

This happened to me at a VTB machine in St. Petersburg. I just stood there like, “What now?” Ended up calling the support number listed on the ATM. Th...