In my experience, Ghana can be frustrating for card users. ATMs at Barclays (now Absa) sometimes accepted my Visa, but my Mastercard kept getting decl...

Estonia is one of the easiest countries in Europe for card use, though I had one rejection at an LHV ATM. Everywhere else, especially in Tallinn’s Old...

Credit card rejections are common in El Salvador despite it being dollarized. Banco Agrícola worked best with my Visa. In smaller towns like Suchitoto...

I had several declines in Belize. ATMs in Belize City worked after some trial, but on Ambergris Caye my card was useless. Shops and bars almost always...

I faced the same issue in Dhaka and Chittagong. Standard Chartered and HSBC ATMs were the only reliable ones for my Visa. Many shops, transport, and e...

Yes, card declines are common in Bahrain for certain foreign banks. When mine failed, I went into an HSBC branch in Manama and withdrew cash directly....

I had almost no issues in Qatar, though a friend’s Mastercard failed at one ATM. QNB and HSBC ATMs in Doha International Airport worked without proble...

When I travelled there, I had issues with ATMs randomly rejecting my card. Stopanska Banka worked for me, while smaller banks didn’t. Shops in Skopje ...

I had mixed luck in Nepal-my Visa worked at Standard Chartered ATMs in Kathmandu, but failed everywhere else. In Lukla and Namche Bazaar, no ATMs work...