Just came back from Osaka and ran into this with the Seven Bank ATM at Kansai Airport. It said something like “Do you want to be charged in USD or JPY...

I landed in Colombo last week and checked both. The airport exchange counters had a much worse rate than my ATM withdrawal using a Wise card. The coun...

I had the same issue. My Wise card worked perfectly in Thailand and Malaysia but got declined at three ATMs in Colombo. Tried at Sampath, BOC, and HNB...

I usually kept about 8000 to 10 000 rupees on me each day. That covered food, tuk tuks, entry tickets, and small shopping. I paid for hotels and bigge...

I was in Colombo and Kandy last month and almost all regular taxis and tuk tuks wanted cash. I asked a few if they had card machines and they just sho...

Foreign cards usually have a daily withdrawal limit of around 100 000 to 200 000 LKR depending on the bank and your home bank’s cap. I could only with...

I travelled solo through Sri Lanka in January and stuck to daytime ATM withdrawals just to be safe. Even in Colombo and Kandy, I avoided using machine...

Yes this happened to me in Colombo last year at a Sampath Bank ATM near Fort Railway Station. The screen froze and then just swallowed my HSBC debit c...

I stayed at a few hostels in Colombo and Negombo earlier this month. Big chains and guesthouses definitely accepted my Visa and Mastercard at check-in...