Colombia banking

Four credit card terminals at a grocery store in Medellin, Colombia

Do foreign credit cards work in Colombia?

by Mark
June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Digital Nomad Life, Travel

Using my foreign credit cards in Colombia has been a practice in patience. It is an experience perhaps best explained with this photograph I took at a Jumbo grocery store in Medellin’s Santa Fe Mall: … Read More »Do foreign credit cards work in Colombia?

Bancolombia ATM screen after failing to output cash. The text on the screen translate to English as: "We allow ourselves to inform you that this ATM is out of service."

What I did when an ATM in Colombia ate my money

by Mark
May 17, 2022May 25, 2022
Digital Nomad Life, Travel

In all my years of travelling, I’ve never had this particular fear come true: that an ATM would eat my money. It had occurred to me over the years, inputting my personal bank details in… Read More »What I did when an ATM in Colombia ate my money