This happened to me in KL with my Barclays credit card. I had enough balance and international usage turned on, but it kept getting declined at shops ...

I tried paying with card in a regular street taxi in Kuala Lumpur and the driver said cash only. He didn’t even have a machine. After that I switched ...

I had my Amex Gold with me on a trip to Malaysia and it worked at big hotels in Kuala Lumpur and one high-end restaurant in Bangsar. But most cafes, s...

I withdrew cash at a CIMB ATM in Bukit Bintang around 11 PM. It was right outside a 7-Eleven and felt totally fine. The area was well lit and there we...

Yes, this happened to me in Kuala Lumpur at a CIMB ATM. The screen froze during the transaction and my card never came out. I called the number on the...

Most of the hostels I stayed at in Kuala Lumpur and Penang took cards at check-in. I used my Visa debit card from ANZ and it worked fine. One place in...

Just got back from Kuala Lumpur used both LRT/MRT and RapidKL buses. My Touch ‘n Go card worked everywhere, and I also saw Visa contactless accepted o...

Yeah, that’s called DCC dynamic currency conversion. I made the same mistake in Kuala Lumpur at a Maybank ATM. It asked if I wanted the amount in euro...

I landed at Haneda and checked the Travelex counter rate for USD to yen. It was way worse than what I got 10 minutes later from a 7-Eleven ATM inside ...