In Izmir and Ankara, I noticed that buses and metros also use prepaid cards like the Izmirim Card or Ankarakart. No one pays with coins anymore, and t...

Just got back from Johannesburg and used my Revolut card at several different ATMs. The only bank that didn’t charge me a local ATM fee was Standard B...

Used the public transport system in Cote d’Ivoire during a two-week trip and found that everything from government buses to gbakas (those shared mini...

I tried using my Amex at a few restaurants in the Plateau area of Abidjan, and none of them took it. One manager told me only certain banks process Am...

Forget N26 - you can’t even open it from the UK anymore. I used Wise and Monzo while moving through Georgia and Turkey, and both were solid. Wise gave...

Living in Portugal and bouncing between Schengen countries, I’ve been relying on Wise + Monzo. Wise has the best rates and lets me hold multiple curre...

I mostly used Bolt in Ukraine - worked great in Kyiv, Lviv, and even in smaller towns like Ternopil. Paid by card every time, no problem. Street taxis...

Used public transport daily while I was in Dnipro and Kyiv. Buses and minibuses (marshrutkas) all took cash - no option for card. In Kyiv, the metro d...

I booked all my hostels in Ukraine via Hostelworld or Booking.com using a card, but once I arrived, three out of four wanted cash at check-in. They sa...