Travel & payment tips — page 29
Page 29 of Moreta Pay's travel and payment guides. Explore more stories on QR payments, local payment networks and managing money abroad.
How to pay5 min read
Cash, Cards, KakaoPay or Moreta: An Honest Breakdown for South Korea
South Korea is one of the most cashless societies on earth, and it shows within an hour of landing. The person ahead of you at the GS25 taps their phone. The cafe in Seongsu-dong has a tablet at the counter and no…
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Cashless stories4 min read
The QR Codes You Can't Scan
The QR Codes You Can't Scan
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How to pay5 min read
Do You Even Need Cash in Malaysia Anymore?
It is almost midnight on Jalan Alor in Kuala Lumpur, and you have just demolished a plate of char kway teow that cost less than a coffee back home. You pull out the crisp RM100 note the airport money changer gave you…
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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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