Travel & payment tips — page 14
Page 14 of Moreta Pay's travel and payment guides. Explore more stories on QR payments, local payment networks and managing money abroad.
Cashless stories5 min read
The QR Code That Ate Cambodia
The woman selling num pang outside Kandal Market in Phnom Penh doesn't have a cash register. She has a baguette station, a squeeze bottle of chili sauce, and a laminated card zip-tied to her cart with a red QR code on…
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Cashless stories5 min read
The Country That Killed Cash
The strangest payment I’ve ever made in China wasn’t to a person. It was to a beggar on a pedestrian bridge in Shenzhen, sitting cross-legged behind a laminated QR code propped against a paper cup. No cash bowl. No…
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Cashless stories4 min read
Why Colombia Fell for Bre-B
The guy selling arepas de choclo outside my hostel in Medellín had a laminated card clipped to his cart. No prices on it. Just a QR code and a phone number written in marker underneath. When I held out a 20,000-peso…
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Cashless stories4 min read
Pix Runs Brazil's Beach Economy
There’s a man who works the stretch of sand near Posto 10 in Ipanema selling mate gelado out of two steel barrels strapped to his shoulders. No till, no card machine, no pockets to speak of — he’s wearing swim shorts…
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Cashless stories4 min read
Why Yape Took Over Peru
There's a running joke in Lima that "yapear" got added to the Peruvian dictionary before half the country got reliable running water. It's barely an exaggeration. In under a decade, one purple app went from a side…
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ATM fees & rates5 min read
How Much Cash for Brazil?
Ask ten travelers how much cash to bring to Brazil and you'll get ten confident, contradictory answers. Bring $500 in dollars. Bring nothing. Exchange at the airport. Never exchange at the airport.
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Travel tips5 min read
Rio Carnival & Réveillon Money Guide
Rio has two moments every year when the city collectively loses its mind, in the best way. Réveillon, when two million people in white pack Copacabana beach for New Year's Eve fireworks. And Carnival, when the entire…
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How to pay4 min read
How to Pay in Peru
Here's the thing nobody puts in the Machu Picchu guides: Peru quietly went through a payments revolution while everyone was looking at Brazil. Walk through any mercado in Lima, any bodega in Cusco, any juice cart in…
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Cashless stories4 min read
Why Pix Beats Cards in Brazil
There’s a moment every traveler in Brazil eventually has. You’re standing at a lanchonete counter holding a card, and the woman behind it points at a laminated QR code taped next to the register and says one word: “Pix?”
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