Revolut Card in Cuba

[Patrickbateman]

hi all,

if someone could help me understand the basic principal of this card and whether or not I can use it in Cuba it would be great. Do you mainly use the physical card and only use your phone for topping up money with it ?
What about Cuba ?

[redi]

From FAQ- you cannot use CUC, but in the theory you should be able to use CUP.

https://www.revolut.com/pl/help/exploring-revolut/spending-and-sending-money/using-my-card/what-currencies-are-supported-for-spending?lang=en

Practically:

Cuba: Exchange via USD?

I just got back from Cuba and yes, Revolut card works with ATMs. It didn’t work at the beginning, but it turned out I blocked magnetic stripe, and it seems ATMs were using it to read it. Because I had no internet connection I had no idea why my withdrawals were rejected, I learned that some time later when I was got notifications about those failed transactions. I turned on magnetic stripe in the app and then it went smoothly. As @wrosales82 mentioned, there will be a 3% commision during the w…

[Laurenz_L]

@Patrickbateman

whether or not I can use it in Cuba

To be very honest, apart from currency, in Cuba cash ist best. I was there last year. You can’t even rely on having a stable internet connection. So the terminal might be offline but most likely old. In our Hotel in Habana it was a mechanical one. The people checking out after us had trouble paying because the hotel called the card issuer to verify the card an noone answered the call dir some time.

TL;DR: Cuba is not the place to use credit cards.

[Boaz]

Hi!

The Cuba money situation is quite complicated, I’d advise you to read up on it on this guide to money in Cuba.

But the short answer is Revolut works in Cuba. You’ll mostly use it at ATMs though.

[Iskender]

I wonder why it would work with CUP and not with CUC, when the currency for tourism and foreigners is CUC and not CUP

It’s complicated. Unfortunately I think revolut cards are connected via US so it won’t work in Cuba.

[Jpozniak]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Revolut no longer works at all in Cuba.

I loaded my card with funds for my trip to Cuba based on this thread.

When attempting to use it in Cuba, it did not work in any place that I tried it (multiple different locations).

I made sure that I logged into the revolut app so it knew I was in the country and at the location that I was attempting to use the card.

Every time I tried, it came up with a notification in the app about location restricted so I can only assume revolut has joined the US embargo of the Cuban economy.