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...

I aimed for around 4,000 RUB daily and that worked out great. That covered a basic hotel, metro rides (super clean and timely), three meals including ...

Booked a private taxi via my guesthouse and paid by card-no fuss. But when I flagged a random cab downtown, they asked for cash only. No Uber, but app...

Used city buses and minibuses from Kigali to Nyamata last month-100% cash. Paid the driver directly and got a ticket stub. No machines, no contactless...