Travel & payment tips — page 15
Page 15 of Moreta Pay's travel and payment guides. Explore more stories on QR payments, local payment networks and managing money abroad.
Moreta news4 min read
Moreta Pay Is Live in Malaysia
Malaysia just became a lot easier to travel through. Moreta Pay is officially live across the country, which means tourists, digital nomads and expats can now scan and pay at millions of Malaysian merchants using…
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How to pay5 min read
Uber, 99 and Rappi in Brazil
Here's a moment every foreigner in Brazil eventually has. You land, you connect to the airport WiFi, you open Uber, you request a car — and the payment fails. You try your other card. Declined. You try adding it again…
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Cashless stories6 min read
Why QR Codes Took Over Argentina
The first time I tried to pay cash at a feria in Buenos Aires, the woman selling me a kilo of mandarinas looked at my pesos like I'd handed her a seashell. She turned her phone around, showed me a printed QR taped to…
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Street food & markets7 min read
Best Street Markets in Vietnam
I didn't plan to spend forty minutes haggling over a kilo of mangosteen.
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Moreta news5 min read
Moreta Pay Arrives in China
The first time I tried to buy a bottle of water in Shanghai, the woman at the kiosk looked at the 100-yuan note in my hand like I'd handed her a seashell. She pointed at a sticker taped to the glass — a little square…
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Cashless stories5 min read
How Laos Learned to Scan
The first time I tried to pay for a bowl of khao piak sen at a roadside stall outside Luang Prabang, I reached for a fold of kip and the woman behind the pot waved it off, almost annoyed, and tapped a laminated square…
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Cashless stories6 min read
Why QR Codes Took Over Vietnam
The first time I watched a Hanoi grandmother sell me dragon fruit from a wicker basket on the back of her bicycle and accept payment by laminated QR code, I paused on the sidewalk. She didn't say a word. She just tilted…
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How to pay4 min read
Pix in Brazil Without a CPF
Here's a Brazil reality check most travel blogs leave out: by the time you land at GRU, half the country has stopped touching cash. Pix isn't a "new payment trend" anymore. It's how Brazilians buy a coxinha at the…
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Moreta news5 min read
Moreta Pay Lands in Latin America
Latin America just opened up. Moreta Pay is now officially live across Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia, with Colombia coming soon. That means travelers, expats and digital nomads can now scan and pay using the same…
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