https://youtu.be/\_jZsuJPFwW4?is=wwg9hLtcXsxNaMoQ
Thanks God!!!
https://youtu.be/\_jZsuJPFwW4?is=wwg9hLtcXsxNaMoQ
No Thailand yet? :-(
Looks like not yet. Maybe someone in Thailand can reply about it?
Awesome!
99% chance of when they finally support PromptPay it will be business QR codes only, so pretty much useless in the end.
Thailand is not on the list for a reason. Let's wait and see.
No Vietnam still
Fuck.
I wonder why so many are restricted to "Wise customers from the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brazil, who are currently traveling outside of their home country"
Unless this supports existing QR payments methods like TNG, PP, ABA, etc. it'll be useless.
They probably use Alipay as the back end. At least for the Malaysia account. You can receive payment via QR via Alipay based on what's displayed on the QR
It does, they are listed in the article.
Woah woah let’s calm down here. Us Americans need our credit card points
…tell the Asia’s street vendors.
Worth breaking down what this actually saves vs. the status quo, since that's the part nobody's covered: Cash from an ATM: local ATM operator fee (often a flat few dollars) + whatever margin your card issuer adds over the interbank rate (1-3%, more if it's not a no-FX-fee card) + a possible DCC prompt that can add another 3-7% if you accidentally accept it. Regular card swipe with DCC declined: mostly just your issuer's FX margin, so this is already close to the cheapest normal option if you already carry a no-FX-fee card. QR pay-in-app through the local network (PromptPay/DuitNow/VietQR etc.): typically settles closer to the wholesale rate with a smaller markup, and you skip cash entirely so there's no ATM fee at all. So the realistic saving isn't "free vs. not free," it's shaving a few percent off the chunk of spending that would otherwise go through ATM withdrawals - adds up over months, but isn't transformative if you're already using a solid no-FX-fee card for swipes. Also explains the odd country list in the article: this only works where Wise has actual banking rails (UK/EU/AU/NZ/SG/MY/BR) to bridge into the local instant-payment network. It's not a universal feature yet, it's tied to which markets Wise has that infrastructure in.