Monzo isn't recognized in Argentina

[Paulagod (Paula)]

Hello I’m visiting Argentina and my Monzo doesn’t work in any card reader. What’s going on? I thought it was going to be accepted here

[ndrw]

Is your card frozen in app?

[Anarchist (Press ‘Help’ search ‘Contact us’ or email help@monzo.com or call 0800 802 1281)]

It should work anywhere that Mastercard is accepted.

There’s a recent post here

Using Monzo card in Argentina

Hello from Argentina, want to share my experience. I have found plenty of places to change your dollars to pesos, so far I have change 2 x 100 USD note. When you approach the black market cambio person, make you he offers the correct blue exchange rate , you can check on here first Blue Dollar Rates : Dólar Blue Informal Rate of US Dollar in Argentina | Blue Dollar Rates . My monzo has been accepted in most places including smaller shops and cafes. They are using the MEP rate which is just ver…

[davidwalton (Award Winning Hot Coral Analyst)]

Have you enabled Magstripe for the card on the Monzo account you’re trying to use?

Account → Manage Account → Magstripe ATMs

[Paulagod (Paula)]

I’ll try now. Thanks