I felt safe using ATMs inside Bradesco and Banco do Brasil branches during the day in São Paulo and Rio. Avoid the standalone ATMs in gas stations or ...

Amex didn’t work in most small shops I went to in Florianópolis and Recife. Larger stores were okay,My Mastercard from N26 worked everywhere, no probl...

Santander ATMs worked best for me in São Paulo and Rio. They let me withdraw up to R$2,000 per transaction (some say R$2,500 is possible) and charged ...

In Rio and São Paulo most taxis I took accepted card. They had those wireless machines... I used my Wise Visa with no problem. Just always ask before ...

I usually kept about R$150-200 on me per day, just in case. Most places in Rio and São Paulo take card, but I needed cash for beach stalls, taxis, and...

Same thing happened to me in Rio. Tried my Revolut Visa at Banco24Horas, Bradesco, and Itaú - all declined. Turned out I had to enable magstripe trans...

I landed in São Paulo and the airport ATMs were mostly from Banco24Horas and Bradesco . I tried one and it charged me R$24 (~$5 USD). The fee was the...

Yup, had that issue too. My Revolut Visa got declined at a few ABN AMRO ATMs and even at a supermarket checkout in Utrecht. Worked fine at ING though....

Skip the airport if you can. Schiphol has mostly Euronet ATMs and they charge crazy fees. I waited till I got to Amsterdam Centraal and used an ING ma...