Picture the scene.
You’re on holiday; maybe in a restaurant; at an ATM; renting a pedalo. You pull out your WeSwap card to pay but disaster strikes: it’s been declined. You’re embarrassed. A crowd is forming. You panic and run into the sea and wait there until everyone who saw goes home.
Kept awake by this exact scenario? Maybe just one slightly similar? Well worry no more. Just take note of these 5 easy tips to avoid your WeSwap card being declined.
If an ATM or card machine asks if you’d like to pay in the local currency or convert, always choose the local currency. Because of how the WeSwap digital wallets work, choosing to convert can cause your card to be declined. Find out more about that here.
It goes without saying but a prepaid travel card needs to be, well, prepaid. So make sure you load your WeSwap card before you jet off or whenever funds are low. You can check your balance and load easily using the app. Make sure to consider any pending transactions, too.
Also, avoid using your card for deposits. More on that here.
Contactless transaction limits, we mean. You can only spend up to £100 (or the equivalent in another currency) using contactless and every 5 transactions you’ll need to use Chip and PIN. Also, remember you need to use Chip and PIN once to activate your card’s contactless feature. Find out more here
Seems obvious, but a lot of card declines come down to this. You can now find your PIN in the WeSwap app. Find out how here.
And that’s it. If you’ve done all of these and your card is still being declined, it’s likely an issue with the merchant (the ATM or card machine). You can find out all about that here.
