Global66 review

The prepaid card has a monthly fee of CLP 0 and a currency conversion fee of 0%. There is no charge for holding the account itself, so the running cost for someone spending abroad comes down to the conversion applied when you use the card.

You can hold from 3 currencies in the account, and the card is built as a multi-currency product for travel. That keeps everyday spending simple if your money comes from more than one market.

It is a prepaid card, so the balance you load is the balance you spend and there is no credit line to repay. Card type is prepaid, which suits a traveller who would rather top up than carry a revolving balance abroad.

Support runs on email, chat and help centre, so most questions go through live chat or email, with a help centre for self-service answers. If a card is blocked while you are abroad, you will be working through those written channels rather than a phone line.

The account runs under Global 81 SpA, registered in Chile, and the company has been building multi-currency cards since 2018. Knowing the entity behind the account matters for anyone weighing how a prepaid provider is set up before loading money.

Across the cards compared here, Global66 ranks 1 on currency conversion fee out of 237 brands, while the median for that fee is 1%. The monthly fee picture is similar, with a median of €0.

It suits people who travel, hold money in from 3 currencies and prefer a prepaid balance they top up themselves. It is less useful if you want a long list of coins or a card attached to a crypto account, where Bitpanda is the more natural pick.