[bayindirh]

In Turkey you can move around almost cashless now. Taxis started to accept cards in droves due to the pandemic and some municipalities are integrating VISA/Master infra to the mass transport, so you can just travel with your card.

Besides that, literally everywhere allows contactless payments. Even Visa/Master is changing their card designs to move vital information to the back of the card to prevent information theft via hidden cameras or a very keen eye.

[throwaway894345]

Same in the US. I virtually never use cash. The only real problem I run into is the occasional "open bar"--drinks are free but there's still an etiquette that you should leave a tip which generally means cash.

[cromka]

> drinks are free but there's still an etiquette that you should leave a tip which generally means cash.

In my experience on such rare few occasions I was able to tip with Venmo.

[throwaway894345]

Is there a "tip with venmo" poster displayed or do you have to ask the bartender their venmo account name? I've never seen this before, but agreed that it's rare.

[digisign]

A potentially malicious third-party selling your financial transaction history is not the best choice... by far.

[throwaway894345]

I wasn't arguing in favor of Venmo, but are VISA and MasterCard really better options in this regard?

[digisign]

They are required for the CC transaction, this adds an additional player that should not be necessary. In civilized countries they have direct bank to bank transfers.

[cromka]

I'd just say "sorry I run out of cash, can I Venmo/Zelle you?"

[emteycz]

The EU terminals have support for tips separated from the primary amount.

[throwaway894345]

If I understand you correctly, we have those here in the States as well, but the problem is you're not using your CC in the first place (in the "open bar" scenario) so you never actually use the terminals.

[can16358p]

If only our banks also supported Apple Pay...

[batuhanicoz]

That's probably a BDDK (regulatory body for banks) issue.

Good thing is you can actually use Apple Pay, I use my Watch to pay for stuff all the time.

You have to have a foreign bank account that supports it, I use Wise since it allows Turkish customers.

[can16358p]

Any issues about taxing etc if I get directly paid to Wise? I'd love to be able to use Apple Pay in Turkey.